Today on Black Sheep Radio: Richard Gilman-Opalsky

Posted on January 27, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

4:00 is coming up pretty quick! Is it too late to announce our guest on today’s episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show? For this episode we are stepping things up and inviting Dr. Richard Gilman-Opalsky local author and also professor of Political Science over at the University of Illinois in Springfield. Richard is also a friend of ours and has performed at Black Sheep numerous times with the freeform jazz band End Times Trio. Today we will be talking to Richard about his new book – Specters of Revolt and also his involvement with punk. There will also be a book release and discussion at Black Sheep along with performance by local punk band Undone tomorrow night– be sure to check that out!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can tune in there on your radio dial or listen online at the same time at wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for a number of downloadable episodes of the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Ambient / Acoustic Night

Posted on January 27, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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What’s the flier with this mustard and ketchup all about? Well, it looks like we have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight featuring more of the *chill* sit-down type of music. We’re talking ambient soothing sounds here, and we are talking some acoustic singer/songwriter stuff on deck. We are talking lights off and a projector showing some old films on VHS while some type of instrumental droney type stuff is being played here. If that sounds like your cup of tea then Black Sheep is the place to be tonight! Here is the full lineup of acts:

Pretend I’m Not There
Timothy Donavan Russell
Everette
Mario Cannamela
Kenyon Deshasier
Vincent Sebastian
Austin Connelly

Sounds like we got a total of six or seven acts lined up tonight at Black Sheep starting at 7:00 pm. Admission has been bumped down to $5 (what a deal)! Check out a facebook page for this right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future. Check out a Timothy Donavan Russell track on that player below!

Videos: Drool at Black Sheep 1-17-17

Posted on January 25, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you some smashing hot new content in the form of a video of the band Drool from Chicago, Illinois performing at Black Sheep a week ago. The show was on January 17th along with Pryss and Lincoln’s Tomb. Check out a video of Drool performing one of their songs below. Also head over to Drool’s bandcamp right here to listen to some of their recorded music.

Check out hundreds more videos of touring and local bands taken over the years at Black Sheep on our vids/pics page.

February 14th at Black Sheep: Valentine’s Day Show with Livin’ Thing, Krelboyne, Sammy & The Punk, Animals With Human Names

Posted on January 25, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Would you look at that, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we are already late on getting things together for the big and great “Black Sheep Valentine’s Day Ball.” It’s time to straighten up those bow ties and grab a dancin’ partner for this big event. For the big dance this year we have Livin’ Thing (or “Lovin’ Thing”) lined up for the big stage. We also have the Champaign-Urbana post-emo band Krelboyne who will be on tour. Up before that is the rock n’ roll outfit Sammy & The Punk who came out with a new album late last year which you can find streaming on the player below. Opening things up is the hit Springfield project that everyone’s been raving about – Animals With Human Names.

The Black Sheep High School Valentine’s Day Ball will start at 7:00 pm and admission is just $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 this year.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on January 24, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s been a minute, but just because we may have missed a couple of weeks on new arrivals posts for Dumb Records doesn’t mean the store is not getting in stacks upon stacks of new great vinyl every day. Tonight we bring you the list of what’s new in the store from the past week- mostly a good chunk of used LPs and 7″s for your ears. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for this week and then dive in to the new arrivals:

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

New LPs
Code Orange – Forever

Used LPs
ACDC – If You Want Blood
Andy Griffith – Just For Laughs
The Animals – Ark
The Bastard Noise – A Culture of Monsters
The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA
Cheap Trick – Cheap Trick
Chér – Chér
Chér – Foxy Lady
Cream – Wheels of Fire
David Rose & Orchestra – Strings Alive
Def Leppard – High n Dry
Del Wood – Rousing Ragtime
Despise You – West Side Horizons
Duane Eddy – Twangy Guitar Silky Strings
Elton John – Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player
Ferrante & Teicher – Tonight
Ferrante & Teicher – Salute Nashville
The Foggy River Boys – Reaching Out!
George Stone – 51 Organ Skating Favorites
Iron Lung – Sexless / No Sex
Johnny Cash – The Mighty Johnny Cash
Ken Griffin – The Best of Ken Griffin
Lenny Dee – Down South
Montovani – All Time Romantic Hits
Pappy Lanahan – Honky Tonk In Percussion
Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway
Pete King Orchestra and Chorale – Moon River
The Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace In Toronto 1969
Poco – Deliverin’
Queen – Greatest Hits
Rollins Band – Weight
RUSH – Caress of Steel
Sammi Smith – Help Me Make It Through The Night
Thou – Summit
Tommy Garrett – Six Flags Over Texas
Toto – Hydra
Various – Kings of Swing!
Various – Magic Moments
Weekend Nachos – Punish And Destroy
Weekend Nachos – Worthless

Used 7”s
Bate – Chrimes
Canadian Rifle / American Cheeseburger – Split
Confront – The Curtain of an Intense Attack
Discharge – Never Again
Disfear & Doomriders – There Is Only Death
Failures – Failures
Merkit / Resurrectionists – Split
Regrets – Pope Floats And So Does Shit
Scapegoat – Scapegoat
Sea of Shit / Socially Retarded – Split
Swallowing Shit – Love Is The Act of Being Moved Into Action
Thou / Human Intruder – A Faire Quarrell
Thrive & Decay – The Hammer That I Once Brought Down

February 1st at Bar None: Two Houses, Attic Salt, Starter Jackets

Posted on January 22, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a show to tell you about happening in about a week over at Bar None, our buddy bar in town for the 21 and up crowd. This one is happening on Wednesday, February 1st and features the touring act Two Houses from Chicago. Stream some of Two Houses’ music on the player embedded below. This show features a solid lineup of Two Houses and a couple of locals – hit Springfield band Attic Salt will also be playing. They will also be joined by newer Springfield pop punk band Starter Jackets from some of the same people that brought you Hospital Job.

This show will start at 9:00 pm and we are guessing the door charge is $5. This one is ages 21 and up, sorry! Check out a facebook event for that right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a list we are working on of shows coming up in town outside of Black Sheep.

Forest Saints: “Stock In Misery”

Posted on January 22, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we bring you a new hit music video for a newer recording project based out of Springfield called “Forest Saints.” Forest Saints is the solo recording project of Mark Schwartz – local artist and photographer and also member of the free form jazz band End Times Trio. Mark recently released a music video for his song “Stock in Misery” which you can find embedded below.

Forest Saints may be a newer project – but in the past year alone Mark has recorded and released four full length albums under the name. You can find all of those on the Forest Saints bandcamp page right here. There is also a new album in the works.

SAME FEST Happening at Lincoln Library January 28th

Posted on January 21, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

We’ve never posted about any events happening at The Lincoln Library downtown on our site before. With new renovations taking effect this year and a new communications coordinator – Elizabeth Buctha working hard to reach out to Springfield communities, new things are in store for our downtown library in Springfield. Be sure to check out our episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show with Elizabeth as our guest to hear more on big plans for the Library.

The Library recently announced plans for “SAME FEST” happening one week from today on Saturday, January 28th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. They are fitting a lot of activities, conversations, workshops, and more into that two hour block. SAME FEST stands for “Springfield Area’s Many Ethnicities” as the festival will focus on different ethnicities and cultures that call Springfield home. You can check out a more proper breakdown of everything going on on that flier above, or on the facebook event for the fest right here. Also check out our Springfield Shows page for more events like this one happening in Springfield outside of Black Sheep (we are updating the page this weekend!!!).

Tonight at The Radon Lounge: Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen, Bed Bedford, Mike Butler, Johari Idusuyi

Posted on January 21, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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What do you know about The Radon Lounge? Did you know that it is a top notch premier Springfield basement venue, and there is a show going on down there tonight? Nothing going on at Black Sheep tonight too, so we can all go! For this show the lounge has great musical act Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen lined up from Champaign, Illinois. You can stream some of their music on the player below. In addition to that they also have solo artist Ben Bedford from the area performing. Looks like there is also a solo performance by Mike Butler (of Vonne and Starlorde). How nice. And The Radon Lounge appears to be mixing things up a bit for this one and featuring poetry peformed by Johari Idusuyi! And there is also a book performing! Cosmic Fate by Jonathan A Meyer will be taking the big stage!

All of that over at The Radon Lounge will be starting at 7:00 pm tonight for just $5. For The Radon Lounge’s secret location you will have to dig around their website a little bit. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our Springfield Shows page for (maybe) a look at some shows happening in town outside of Black Sheep.

New Pages: Springfield Album Archive

Posted on January 20, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

At the beginning of the year we announced that a new project for us on this site would be to try and build a more accessible archive of Springfield albums, demos, and releases from years past. The project began on a forum we had created when we launched this site close to five years ago and has been growing off and on over the past four years or so. More current years have been easy to document thanks to our year-end polls on this site, earlier years have been coming together thanks to the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored music blog and a few other friends.

Today we are bringing you a brand new page to this site to house the Springfield Album Archive. You can check out that new page right here. Right now we are at 289 releases listed off (most have links to stream or download the release along with artwork) and that list is growing. You can help us out by emailing us any additions at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com (we would prefer if you can provide a name and date for the release and also artwork, photos, or even bring a physical copy to us at Dumb Records or Black Sheep so we can get it uploaded for the public)!

We will continue to be updating this list as often as we can! You can head over to this page and check back on it on our site by hovering over the “about” tab -> and then “history” and then from there a pull out tab for “Springfield Album Archive” shows up.