Happy Sunday everyone and we hope you are having a good weekend. Today we are coming at ya’ with another local music video, this one shot by Glass Imagery. This song is called “My Season” and it’s by local artist Boss Lady V. You can check that out on the youtube player embedded below. Check out more of Boss Lady V’s music on her soundcloud page right here.
Check out our vids/pics page for a long list of other music videos from over the years.
Here we are once again reporting with yet another release from local solo musician Mark Schwartz during these times. This one is a whole 21 track release entitled Year Of The Rat and you can find that streaming on the player below. Head on over to Mark’s bandcamp page where you can find more music and purchase the download of this album.
This would be Mark’s seventh album since the start of the quarantine. We have added this one and others to our long list of local releases on our Springfield album archive page.
What we found to be one of the craziest weekends downtown (in a good way) on our first go-around last year of being at our new location, “Car Show Weekend,” has unfortunately now officially been cancelled for this summer. The International Route 66 Mother Road Festival which takes place every year at the end of September and was slated to take place this year from September 25th-27th, has decided to pull the plug this year after growing concerns of the rise of COVID-19. From the festival’s facebook page:
The current status of the phased reopening in Illinois, coupled with an overabundance of caution has been the major force in driving this decision. We are fully planning to host the event in 2021 and will announce dates as soon as they are confirmed.
Participants who have pre-registered vehicles will automatically receive a refund. Please note it may take up to 30 days to receive your refund. You will receive an email once the cancellation is processed and you will see the credit to your credit card within 5-7 business days from that date.
The International Route 66 Mother Road Festival hosts and organizers appreciate your patience and support as we work through this unprecedented situation. We look forward to seeing you in 2021.
At this point every major downtown festival and event has been cancelled this summer, we’ll keep our site updated on more cancellations or news on what events are still happening. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade downtown was originally re-scheduled for September as well, although the future is still unpredictable for events even at that time.
Today we bring you yet another music video coming from one of Springfield’s hip hop acts, once again shot and edited by Jayy Wills. This video is coming from OG Spinner, for his new song “Solid”. You can check that out on the player embedded below.
Also check out a long list of other local music videos shot over the years on our vids/pics page.
Yesterday, we made a surprise announcement that our arcade is now open to the public. That’s right, 10 games – (1 sit down racing game, 4 stand up classic arcade games, and 5 pinball machines), all waiting for you. Along with that announcement, we announced that we are upping our store hours to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm for now. The arcade is open during all of those hours as well, and we are testing things out with the arcade this month and will make adjustments if needed. For now, here is how we are doing things with our arcade:
👾 We currently have 10 games (5 pinball / 5 arcade).
👾 Entry is $5 or with $10 of any purchase in the store.
👾 All games are set to free / unlimited play (no quarters).
👾 We are limiting arcade occupancy to 4 at a time.
👾 Use hand sanitizer before and after entering
And here is a breakdown of some changes with the store:
💿 Face masks are now REQUIRED to enter
💿 Our hours are increased to 11am-7pm every day
💿 We are limiting to no more than 10 inside the building
One other thing! Now would be a good time to tell you all that we also will be open for July 4th this year (tomorrow)! We figure since we are now debuting the arcade and most normal Fourth of July activities are cancelled, we should be open.
Join us for some pinball and arcade chat on our forum! Now let’s play some games!
The wait is finally over, Springfield “psychobilly” band No Good Deed have released their very first recorded track after they have started being a band and playing shows at some point last year. That song is called “Too Much” and you can find it on the player below. Also head on over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the song at your own price.
Oh! And what’s this? We are starting to see more things resembling shows pop up, and it looks like No Good Deed is going to be performing outside of Buzz Bomb on August 1st along with Spencer Stokes! Find a facebook event for that one right here.
What’s this, today we are posting about a show that’s coming up in town!??! The first time we have done so in close to… four months??? This one is not happening at our space, it is happening just one block over from us outside of Buzz Bomb Brewery (406 E Adams). Buzz Bomb has been hosting live music acts (usually one per night) this past month or so, and we are starting to see other live music pop up around town as well (usually always outdoors). This is one of the first events coming up we’ve seen that we feel is notable to mention on our site and fits more of the description of a traditional “show” with multiple acts. Happening on Saturday, July 25th and those two acts are… Taylorville/Springfield alt. rockers Stick People, and Springfield punk group Blushe. Both groups have had new music come out during this pandemic.
Find a facebook event for this “punk night” right here. Start time is 8:00 pm, admission is free, and this would be… all ages? We are pretty sure? Also it might be time for us to reboot our Springfield shows page to keep track of some things happening around town?? Hmmmmm…
Today we bring you a brand new six-track release from Carlinville-based rapper, 36 N Brimstone. That is 36’s Anaxphobia Chapter 1: Roadshow, which you can find streaming on the player below. 36 Brimstone is affiliated with music collective DB Entertainment and has performed at our space a couple of times in the recent past. Also head on over to 36 N Brimstone’s soundcloud page for more music.
We are adding this one to our Springfield music archive, putting us at 27 releases that we have kept track of this year and 522 total.
At the start of this month Lincoln-based rapper Deezy Da Paperboy unleashed yet another single – this time for a song called “Old Deeze.” You can find that one streaming on the player below. Above is Deezy pictured as Old Deeze himself. Be sure to go check out Deezy Da Paperboy’s youtube channel for more music and videos he is constantly rolling out.
It’s another new week, and now that we are mostly caught up with all of our online orders we are getting back into putting out new records and CDs full force again. This week we are bringing you another list of new and used LPs, CDs, and some cassettes. You can also expect a little announcement from us later this week at the start of July where we will likely be updating some of our store COVID-19 precautions and store hours, now that we are moving on to another month and another phase of our state’s re-opening plan. Until then, here is a list of some stuff, we are still open every day from 12:00-6:00 pm these next few days:
New LPs
Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
Eazy-E – Eazy Duz It
Jerry Paper – Abracadabra
Kaytranada – Bubba
Neil Young – Homegrown
Panic At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
Wilco – Star Wars
Used LPs
Anne Murray – Love Song
Ashley Tappen – Organ Stardust
Big Joe Williams – Big Joe Williams
Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
Burt Bacharach – Butch Cassidy And THe Sundance Kid
Earth, Wind & Fire – The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1
Edwin Starr – War And Peace
Carpenters – Passage
Cliff Richard – All Me Love
Disney – Walt Disney’s Merriest Songs
The Don Janse Chorale – Christmas Chorale
Helen Reddy – I Am Woman
Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer – Like Children
John Michael Talbot & Terry Talbot – No Longer Strangers
Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
Judie Tzuke – Shoot The Moon
Julie London – Feeling Good
Karla Bonoff – Karla Bonoff
Leo Kottke – Burnt Lips
Little Richard – The Rill Thing
Marillion – Real to Reel
Michele Lee – Sings L. David Sloane
The Moog Machine – Switched-On Rock
The Polka Dots – Polka Time
Rhinoceros – Rhinoceros
Sandie Shaw – Me
Shawn Philips – Second Contribution
Sonny Rollins – The Way I Feel
Spence & Deana Moore – Especially FOr You
Stargard – Stargard
Stargard – The Changing of the Gard
Steve Perry – Street Talk
The Swindle Singers – Christmas Album
Tanita Tikaram – Everybody’s Angel
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons
Uriah Heep – Sweet Freedom
Was (Not Was) – Born To Laugh At Tornadoes
The Weavers – THe Weavers At Carnegie Hall
12” Singles
Corrupted Seeds – Mack God
Miracle – Bounce
Shadee – I Just Need More Money
Three 6 Mafia – Testin My Gangsta
West Street Mob – Ooh Baby
West Street Mob – Rock The Party
New CDs
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Jobim
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Finest Hour
Arc Angels – Arc Angels
At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command
Athenaeum – Radiance
Bangles – Greatest Hits
Bangles – September Girls
Barbra Streisand – One Voice
Barbra Streisand – The Broadway Album
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven On Earth
Belinda Carlisle – Runaway Horses
Bloodhound Gang – Hooray
Bob James – Dancing On The Water
Bob James – Restless
Bobby Hutcherson – The Best of the Blue Note Years
Cheap Trick – The Greatest Hits
Cheap Trick – Silver
Dolly Parton – Something Special
Foreigner – Anthology: Jukebox Heroes
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
Lou Gramm – Ready Or Not
Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet
Paul Hardcastle – Jazzmasters II
Paul Hardcastle – The Jazzmasters III
RATT – RATT
Ray Stevens – Do You Wanna Dance?
Ray Stevens – Osama-Yo’ Mama
Ricky Van Shelton – Love And Honor
Ricky Van Shelton – Making Plans
Ted Nugent – Nugent
Ted Nugent – Full Bluntal Nugity
Tony Stampley – Rebelution
Tracy Lawrence – I See It Now
Tracy Lawrence – The Best of Tracy Lawrence
Used Cassettes
Billy Joel – Storm Front
Chicago – Greatest Hits 1982-1989
Gordon Lightfoot – Gord’s Gold
Loretta Lynn – Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’
The Marshall Tucker Band – Searchin’ For A Rainbow
Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
Robert Cray – Too Many Cooks
Roy Orbison – The All-Time Greatest Hits
Various – Trainspotting Soundtrack
Dumb Records 