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Today on Black Sheep Radio: Betsy Willmore (Springfield Pridefest)

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Today we have a special guest(s) on The Black Sheep Radio Show and that is Betsy Willmore and maybe one or two others who help put on Springfield Pridefest that happens downtown once a year. Pridefest will be happening downtown tomorrow, and this year’s fest features an exciting lineup of bands including Pansy Division, Our Lady, SAP, and more! Today we will be talking to Betsy about the fest and playing music from some of the bands performing. In addition to that we will be playing music from other local bands and also band that will be coming to town, and will be talking about everything coming up this crazy busy spring/summer in Springfield!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88. 3WQNA fm. You can also stream the show live at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for more info and a list of downloadable episodes from the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Terribly Happy, The Origin Story, Fill In The Blank, Sammy & The Punk, Stems

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There is a whole lotta stuff going on tonight! We have this show happening tonight at Black Sheep at 6:00 pm that might maybe possibly feature seven whole bands on the bill!?! What is this?? Later tonight is also the Black Sheep Cover Show Part 5.5 happening at Bar None for those of you who are ages 21 and up, we’ll get a little more into that later! Tonight at Black Sheep we have the pop punk band Terribly Happy, which you can find streaming on the player below. We also have familiar ska band The Origin Story from Lincoln, Illinois, who just played at Black Sheep a month or two ago. Then we have the local pop punk project, “Fill In The Blank.” Before them on the lineup is rock n’ roll punk fusion band Sammy & The Punk. Then we also have a couple more Peoria acts playing tonight and that is Sonic Comet, and something going by the name of “K”. Oh wait, there’s one more act too! Stems from Taylorville will be playing! Was that seven bands? Eight? That’s a lot of bands tonight.

The show tonight will start right at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. We will try to get things going quick so some of us can go to the Black Sheep Cover Show 5.5 happening at Bar None starting at 8:00 pm tonight. Facebook event for the Black Sheep show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up.

The Suction Cups: “The Son of Mothman”

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Tonight we are bringing you a brand new track from the newer Springfield surf-rock band The Suction Cups. The band’s first hit single is called “The Son of Mothman” and you can find it streaming on the player below. The song was one of the last projects taken on by South Town Studio while studio engineer Brandon Carnes was still in town, and it comes from a full eight-track EP which will be dropping sometime soon. Head on over to The Suction Cups bandcamp page to view the full track listing and also purchase the song for $666.00.

The next show The Suction Cups have lined up is during Dumb Fest 4-Ever. The band will be opening up day 3 of the Fest on Sunday, June 12th at 11:00 am at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: An Atomic Whirl, Pryss, Kelut, Ceiling Lust

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It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. Tonight we have a show happening and it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 coming up quick here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, who will be playing their second Black Sheep show.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

May 28th at Black Sheep: Livin’ Thing, Animals With Human Names, Sweet Bippy, Shark Week, Blue Parks

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This looks like a pretty cool show happening at Black Sheep on Saturday, May 28th in just a little over ten days. The show is also going to be a clothing drive towards benefiting Black Sheep and our running costs. There are also five local acts performing. That includes the arena rock dress-up jumpsuit costume classic rock band Livin’ Thing. It also includes the solo hip hop project – Animals With Human Names– who will be playing at Black Sheep for the second time. Stream some of Animals With Human Names’s music below. Also on the show is two-man electric ukulele project Sweet Bippy. We also have Shark Week. And opening things up is a solo set by Blue Parks.

The show is at 7:00 pm, but the clothing drive will be happening a bit earlier at Black Sheep, at 5:30 pm and going up until the show. Bring whatever used clothes you want! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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This week we have all of the used rock records piling into Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East Ave). The store is doing great and we are continuing to get new arrivals in every week. You can take a look at a list of some of the new stuff in the store this week, but first let’s take a look at those operating hours:

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

Used LPs
38 Special – Tour De Force
38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Air Supply – Lost In Love
Alice Cooper – Goest To Hell
Andre Previn – Like Love
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
The Bob Seger System – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
Bob Wills – The Best of Bob Wills
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles – Live!
Charlie McCoy – Good Time Charlie
Charly McClain – Surrounded Me With Love
Conway Twitty – Conway’s #1 Classics
David Sanborn – Voyeaur
Dionne Warwick – Finder of Lost Loves
Don Henley – Building The Perfect Beast
Floyd Cramer – Collector’s Series
Foghat – Foghat
Foghat – Live
Frank Knight – I Remember Radio
Grand Funk – Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
Hank Williams Jr. – Greatest Hits
Hank Williams Jr. – Greatest Hits III
Hudson & Landry – Right-Off!
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Maiden Japan
Jethro Tull – A Passion Play
Journey – Live
Merle Haggard / Willie Nelson – Poncho & Lefty
The Mills Brothers – Sixteen Great Performances
Moe Bandy – Motel Matches
Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ With Disaster
Montrose – Montrose
Noel Harrison – Santa Monica Pier
Pablo Cruise – Reflector
R.E.O. Speedwagon – This Time We Mean It
Ray Price – Ray Price’s Greatest Hits
Ray Price – The Lonesomest Lonesome
Roger Williams – Vertuoso
Roy Clark – Roy Clark’s Family Album
Sam Cooke – The Best of Same Cooke Volume 2
Shocking Blue – The Shocking Blue
Starship – No Protection
Stevie Wonder – Looking Back
Styx – Paradise Theater
Tammy Wynette – Divorce
T.G. Sheppard – Smooth Sailin’
Various – Famous Original Hits By 25 Great Country Musicians
Various – Today’s Super Greats Part-3
Wasp – W.A.S.P.

Black Sheep Open Mic Night Tonight

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It’s been a couple of months since we had our last open mic night here at Black Sheep. Tonight we have one going on, and there are plenty of open spots on it still so come out and claim them! Tonight’s open mic will be the usual setup for open mics at Black Sheep- 15 minute time slots throughout the night from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Let’s take a look at the schedule we have now:

10:15-10:30 (open)
10:00-10:15 (open)
9:45-10:00 (open)
9:30-9:45 Kristin Walker
9:15-9:30 Keegan Otwell
9:00-9:15 Ted Keylon
8:45-9:00 (open)
8:30-8:45 Bradford Walsh
8:15-8:30 (open)
8:00-8:15 (open)
7:45-8:00 Spooky Poo
7:30-7:45 Austin Connelly
7:15-7:30 (open)
7:00-7:15 (open)

That’s six acts lined up right now and eight open slots! Come out and claim those slots! The open mic will start at 7:00 pm, and for admission we only ask donations of $1-5 to go to Black Sheep. There will also be a 15% off sale going on at Dumb Records throughout the open mic, and there will also be free coffee at Black Sheep. You can find a facebook event where you can claim more slots right here. Also check out our shows page right here for a better look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

May 27th at Black Sheep: Validation, Dry Heave,

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Coming up at Black Sheep on Friday, May 27th we have a punk/hardcore show to tell you about. This one features the band Validation coming all the way from Seattle, Washington. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We also have some other familiar punk bands on the bill. We’ve got the Ooey Gooey band Dry Heave coming from Champaign/Urbana (who will also be playing a Dumb Fest aftershow next month). We have the newer femme-groove underwater band Shark Week somewhere in there, and we also have the hardcore stomp band Pryss possibly opening things up.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else will be coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Pytch Wyte, RTJ

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It’s been a minute since we’ve had our last hip hop show at Black Sheep and now it’s time for us to bring some of them back this spring/summer! We have one going on tonight, being put on by some of those affiliated with HISO Music Entertainment. It will feature the local hip hop artist known as Pytch Wyte in what is being callded “The Pytch Wyte Show”. If you are unfamiliar with Pytch Wyte’s music you can check it out on the player below. This show will also feature the artist RTJ who is associated with HISO Music Entertainment.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) and admission is $5. No facebook event for this one, sorry! You can check out our shows page (which has been recently updated) for a list of other upcoming shows on our site right here.

May 20th at Black Sheep: Terribly Happy, The Origin Story, Fill In The Blank, Sammy & The Punk, Sonic Comet

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We have a show happening here coming up pretty quick on Friday, May 20th. Sounds like it’s going to be a pretty big show- there are four bands on the flier but a whole seven bands on the facebook event!? “Punk Mosh?!” At the top of the bill we have the band Terribly Happy from the Peoria area. They played here at Black Sheep just last month. Stream some of their music on the player below. Also on this show we have the Lincoln/Central Illinois based ska punk explosion band The Origin Story, who also recently played here at Black Sheep. Before them is Fill In The Blank, who we hear have a new CD in the works. This will also be the return of Sammy & The Punk, possibly with a new lineup. And then to round out the bill we have another act from Peoria called “Sonic Comet.”

This show will start early at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one 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.