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Arlin Peebles: “Someone Else’s Dream”

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In case you were not already aware by see in the cover of this month’s Activator Magazine (found all over town) – local singer / songwriter Arlin Peebles has a brand new 5-song EP out. And it’s real nice. Arlin’s newest release is called Someone Else’s Dream and it was recorded down in Carbondale during this pandemic. You can stream some of that on the youtube player embedded below. Also head over to Arlin’s bandcamp page to find more of his music. From Arlin’s blog:

My new EP “Someone Else’s Dream” is entering its final phase and I hope to have it released by the end of the year. It’s been over a year in the making with lots of help from my friend Kevin Ohlau. It was a really fun process to make this record. I recorded the guitar and vocal parts at home and then took my mobile recording rig down to Carbondale to have Kevin fill in the cracks. He added piano, bass, organ, sax, backing vocals, drums and whatever else we could find laying around his studio. It really pays to have your best friend be a talented multi-instrumentalist. We did this all in January and February before the virus hit and I’ve been mixing and mastering at home ever since. There were a couple tracks that weren’t quite finished so I sent the files down to Kevin and he’s recording them as I type.

We are adding this one as the sixth release we have kept track of so far for 2021 on our Springfield album archive page.

Illinois Times: “Performing In A Pandemic”

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Dumb Records co-owner Brian Galecki was / is one of many members of the music and arts community in Springfield featured in an article that came out within this past week in the Illinois Times called “Performing In A Pandemic.” Rachel Otwell put the piece together touching base with a lot of music art spaces in town and what they have been doing while “normal life” or normal live shows are still somewhat on hold. You can find the entire article online right here, or by picking up a copy of The Illinois Times at various locations around town for free. Also featured in the article is The Hoogland Center For The Arts, The Legacy Theatre, Springfield Dance, Springfield Ballet Company, UIS, CAMP, DSI, the Springfield Area Arts Council, and more.

From the article regarding the upcoming Levitt AMP series for 2021:

“Downtown Springfield Inc. (DSI) is planning for an outdoor concert series this year. It will be free to attend. In 2019, DSI secured its first Levitt AMP grant to host outdoor concerts on the Y block. It again got the grant for 2020, but the series was canceled. DSI recently learned it is guaranteed a Levitt AMP grant for 2021 as well as 2022.

DSI director Lisa Clemmons Stott said the plan is to create pod seating arrangements, where families and groups of up to six people sit together, but wear masks when not in their own socially distanced area. It’s too soon to announce a lineup, Clemmons Stott said. “Right now we’re looking to expand our partnerships and looking to expand the number of sponsors.” She said the 2021 venture will be more expensive to produce than it had been in 2019, with the goal for sound to cover the entire block where people will be spread out.“

March 2021 Activator Available Now

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Great news everybody, we once again have the new issue of Activator Magazine! It’s March 2021. This issue features local singer/songwriter Arlin Peebles crawling out of a snowy cave.

In addition to the interview with Arlin Peebles – this month continues to feature a column by Dumb Records co-owner Brian Galecki called “Dumb Perspective” exploring some Central Illinois local music history. This time it’s about Golden Voice Recording Co. which existed from 1966-1978 and some other stuff. This issue also features plenty of local and non-local music reviews, an interview with new Springfield band The Lovelorn, an interview with Derrick Streibig, a “soundcheck” section checking up on local musicians, and much much more.

Pick up a copy of Activator Magazine for free at Dumb Records or other locations around town! We have some back issues available as well! Also check out the Activator Patreon page and consider donating!

Local Drags “Keep Me Glued”

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Guess what!? Today’s a release day for a brand new local album that is being put out on WAX! *(You know we love it when that happens). That’s the second full length album from Springfield / America local band Local Drags! The new album is called Keep Me Glued and you can stream it on the player below! This one is being released by Stardumb Records, and we have plenty of copies in the store – both on “chemical lake blue” and “black” vinyl! Head on over to the Local Drags bandcamp page to purchase the download of the album or check out more of their music.

Local Drags released their first album Shit’s Lookin’ up a couple of years ago. (We also have vinyl of that one in store)! They’ve also released some EPs and Tom Petty covers.

Tin Ghost: “Love & War”

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Good morning! We’ve still got a lot of catching up to do on local music that has been released this year in Springfield. Here is the first one (?) (we have kept track of anyways) of Mark Schwartz’s projects to release an album this year. That is the experimental folk project “Tin Ghosts” here with a brand new album called Love & War. It’s a whole whopping 23 tracks and you can stream it on the player embedded below. You can purchase the download of this album on the Tin Ghost bandcamp page, as well as check out more music.

Of course we have added this one on to our Springfield album archive page for the year 2021.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Good late afternoon / early evening! Whoops! We are slow getting you our new arrivals list today, but that is because we’ve been so dang busy with all of these records coming in and out of the store all of the time! There are tons of records! We are open every day at 418 E Monroe Street downtown – and now our hours are 11:30 am to 5:30 pm every day. Online is still busier than ever too at shopdumbrecords.com! What else is new… we got more lava lamps… turntables… the arcade is still open. That’s pretty much it. Here is a list of new records, we don’t even care about CDs this week!

New LPs
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Audioslave – Audioslave
Benny The Butcher – Burden of Proof
Bon Iver – Blood Bank
Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
Botany – End The Summertime F(or)ever
Fleetwood Mac – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
The Hold Steady – Open Door Policy
James Brown And His Famous Flames – Tour The U.S.A.
Kings of Leon – When You See Yourself
Metallica – The $5.98 EP
Mort Garson – Didn’t You Hear?
My Brightest Diamond – This Is My Hand
Oliver Tree – Ugly Is Beautiful
Skullcrusher – Skullcrusher
Son Lux – At War With Walls & Mazes
Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
Wire – Chairs Missing

Used LPs
ABBA – The Visitors
April Wine – First Glance
April Wine – The Nature of the Beast
Arthur Brown – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Barbara Mandrell – Moods
Barbra Streisand – The Barbra Streisand Album
Bill Monroe – The Father of Blue Grass Music
The Cult – Love
Dave Gardner – Did You Ever?
Dionne Warwick – Very Dionne
Dukes of Dixieland – The Dixieland Greats
Eddy Howard – The Uncollected 1946-1951
Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
Elvis Presley – Sings Flaming Star
Eric Clapton – August
Erik Satie – The Electronic Spirit of Erik Satie
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Frank Sinatra – Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!
Frank Sinatra – Greatest Hits: The Early Years
Frank Sinatra – Sings Days of Wine And Roses
Frank Sinatra – L.A. Is My Lady
Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Freddy Weller – The Roadmaster
Gap Band V – Jammin’
Glenn Miller Orchestra – Great Songs Of The 60’s
The Hollies – Greatest Hits
The Kinks – The Kinks Greatest Hits!
Kitaro – Oasis
Jane Jarvis – To Hoagy With Love
Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses
Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood
Joe Williams – Nothin’ But The Blues
John Coltrane – Countdown
John Lennon – Men Love Ave.
Johnny Mathis – In Person
Johnnie Ray – The Best of Johnnie Ray
MFSB – Universal Love
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Take A Ride
Mott The Hoople – Rock and Roll Queen
Paul McCartney – Tug of War
Paul Revere And The Raiders’ – Greatest Hits
Rainbow – Difficult To Cure
Ramsey Lewis – The Movie Album
Ringo Starr – Ringo
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs – On Tour
Stan Freberg – A Child’s Garden of Freberg
Styx – Caught In The Act
Stuff – More Stuff
Stuff – Stuff
The Temptations – Anthology
Toby Beau – Toby Beau
Toquinho – Acquarello
Tomita – Tomita’s Greatest Hits
Tuck & Patti – Tears of Joy
Warren Baker – 77 Sunset Strip
Willie Nelson – Sings Kristofferson
Willie Nelson – Without A Song
Wings – Venus And Mars
Wings – Back To The Egg
Wings – Wings Over America
Wynton Marsalis – Hot House Flowers
The Ventures – The Ventures on Stage
Various – Grand Ole Country Hits
Various – Joyful Moments
Various – Paper Roses
Various – Spuds MacKenzie’s Party Faves
Various – The Very Best In Country Music

12” Singles
Don Blaq – I’ll Explain
Don Yute – Row Da Boat
Donell Jones – This Luv
Down Street Playaz – Game In My Heart
Ja Rule – Mesmerize feat. Ashanti
Trenseta – Freak Ya Body
Trina – No Panties

Imaginary Colours: “Subnivean”

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Whoops! We have a lot of catching up to do as far as what’s been released for local music so far this year, in the year 2021. Here we go trying to catch up a little bit. Here is a new one for solo instrumental ambient / electronic project – Imaginary Colours with a new five track release that came out right at the start of the year called Subnivean. You can check that out streaming on the player below. Also head on over to the Imaginary Colours bandcamp page where you can purchase the download of the release or check out more music!

Here we go again trying to keep a list of what all local releases have came out this year. This puts us at 2 for the year on our Springfield album archive page!

Ghost N’ Goblins November Arcade Contest RECAP

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November is over. We extended November through the end of February for our Ghost N’ Goblins Arcade Contest, so now it’s really over. Now that it’s over over, that’s a wrap on our first ever arcade contest (finally)! Here are the high scorers (official):

KOLTON – 164,300
LUIS P – 160,900
ZAXXON – 61,500
JIM W – 52,000
CONNOR S – 24,700
TYLER S – 18,300
TOM R – 16,700
LANNY D – 12,300
GREG – 7,700
SAM R – 4,500

Wow! Congrats to all of these winners out there. Kolton and Luis P come on down to our office to claim your prizes! Kolton gets $100 in downtown gift certificates for places including Prairie Archives, Jerk Shop Go, Whimsey Tea Company, and Custom Cup.

We will be launching a new contest here very soon!! Keep your ears peeled. In the meantime, join our underground Springfield pinball discussion forum!

Drew Kodrich Compiles / Launches “MIDWEST-HARDCORE.ORG” Midwest Hardcore Band Database

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Are you ready for some good big Central Illinois music news?? Well… today we are reporting the launch of a new website – MIDWEST-HARDCORE.ORG. This is a new website that is being compiled (and still being worked on) by Springfield hardcore legend Drew Kodrich (Asthma, Gazeebo, Mouthsex, Small Man, Pryss, Torture Trend, Prevention, GUSH, Final Order). Drew had this to say:

“Hello world! I made this website that’s attempting to work as a database of all the “active” hardcore bands in the midwest. I’ve gotten to about 200 bands on my own, but I could really use your help! Share this around (if you’re so inclined) and either use the submit form or just message me if you have any bands to be added. I know I’m definitely missing stuff. Thanks!”

Amazing. On the site, you can search and look at active hardcore bands by the city or state they are in. You can also submit bands, checkout featured bands and playlists each week! How fun! What do you think of this? Let us know on our underground discussion forum.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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It’s a Tornado Drill Tuesday!! Our store has many many new records!! We are overflowing with them! Yowch! Our store (Dumb Records) (418 E Monroe St.) is open every day from 12:00 to 5:30pm right now. We are open at 10:00 am on Saturdays now for you early birds. The arcade is open too. Mostly everything is online still at shopdumbrecords.com. We have a lot of fun. Masks are required. We have hand sanitizer. Okay. Here is what’s new:

New LPs
Another Michael – New Music And Big Pop
The Apostles – Black Is Beautiful
Beach House – Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bent Wind – Sussex
Big K.R.I.T. – K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Black Flag – Who’s Got The 10 1/2
Black Milk & Danny Brown – Black And Brown!
Brothers of the Same Mind – Brothers of the Same Mind
Charleston Grotto – Raw Sewage 1976/1978
Clear Soul Forces – Still
Defizit – Growth Spurt
Dillon & Batsauce – On Their Way
Dr. Dog – The Psychedelic Swamp
Flobots – No Enemies
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mache Dream Balloon
Larry Fessenden – The Hole Digger
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Lil’ Kim – The Notorious Kim
Madlib – Rock Konducta Part 2
MF Doom – Live From Planet X
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – Happiness In Every Style
Poison Idea – Pick Your King EP
Pom Poko – Cheater
Pusha T – Fear Of God II Let Us Pray
Show & AG – Full Scale
Sly Stone – Sly Before The Family Stone
Toots And The Maytals – Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks
T-Rex – T-Rex
Tuxedo – Tuxedo III
Various – Baker’s Dozen: XIII
Various – Classic Freestyles Vol. 1
Various – Kearney Barton: Architect of the Northwest Sound
Various – Pacific Breeze 2
Various – Ultimate Block Party Breaks Volume 3
Willie Nelson – That’s Life

Used LPs
Al Martino – Daddy’s Little Girl
Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing
Bing Crosby – Christmas Classics
Bob Welch – Man Overboard
Chick Corea – My Spanish Heart
Clifton Chenier – Out West With Elvin Bishop
Dan Seals – The Best
Enoch Light – Far Away Places
The Fauntleroys – Below The Pink Pony
Frank Sinatra – She Shot Me Down
Helen Reddy – Long Hard Climb
Hollow Sunshine – Held Above
James Galway – Man With The Golden Flute
The James Gang – Thirds
Jarry Murad’s Harmonicats – Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Johnny Mathis – Rapture
Jose Melis – Melis At Midnight
Jose Melis – Jose Melis At The Opera
Julio Iglesias – Libra
Kahil Gibran – The Prophet
Lani Hall – Collectibles
Laurel & Hardy – Sons of the Desert
Laurel & Hardy – Babes In Toyland
Liberache – Piano Gems
The Manhattan Transfer – Bodies And Souls
The Melachrino Strings – April In Paris
The Memphis Horns – Get Up & Dance
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Plain Dirt Fashion
Oscar Ghiglia – The Guitar In Spain
Patsy Cline – A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Paul Muriat – El Condor Pasa
Peter Nero – Career Girls
Peter Nero – Peter Nero’s Greatest Hits
Reba McEntire – The Last One To Know
Rick James – Cold Blooded
Rockin’ Sidney – My Toot Toot
Roger Whittaker – The Best of Roget Whittaker
Roy Buchanan – You’re Not Alone
Roy Orbison – The Orbison Way
Steve Green – He Holds The Keys
Tony Orlando & Dawn – He Doesn’t Love You (Like I Love You)
Urbie Green – Blues And Other Shades of Green
Voyager – Halfway Hotel
Waitresses – I Could Rule The World If I Could Only…
Walter Egan – Not Shy
Wardell Piper – Wardell Piper

12” Singles
Apsci – See That / Bike Messenger Diaries
Blackstreet – Girlfriend / Boyfriend
Blackstreet – Deep
C-Bo – Money By The Ton / Boo Yaw
C-Murder
Caffeine – Ride With Me
Natural Elements – Live It Up
Paula Campbell – Champion
Slum Village – Get Dis Money
Rev Run – I Used To Think I Was Run

New / Used CDs
Austin Lounge Lizards – Never An Adult Moment
Clint Black – The Greatest Hits
Everclear – Sparkle And Fade
Everclear – Songs From An American Movie Vol. Two
Gin Blossoms – Congratulations I’m Sorry
Gin Blossoms – Outside Looking In
Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
Marianne Faithfull – Greatest Hits
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Party Doll
Mary Chapin Carpenter – A Place In The World
Suzy Bogguss – Greatest Hits
Trace Adkins – Big Time
Tracy Byrd – Ten Rounds