New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on August 16, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Southtown record store Dumb Records (1107 South Grand Ave. East) is still going strong this summer, and is also very very close to getting that giant elephant. Click the link right here to purchase that limited edition elephant shirt that will go towards getting that giant statue to go right next to the store. This week the store has a few used records and 7″s hitting the shelves. Let’s take a look at the operation hours and then dive into the new arrivals:

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

Used LPs
Bing Crosby – Bing Crosby
Blood, Sweat, & Tears – 3
Brick – Good High
Carole King – Music
Daryl Hall / John Oats – Livetime
Eddie Dean – The Golden Cowboy
Gordon MacRae – Cowboy’s Lament
George Jones – Love Bug
Gypsy – Gypsy
James Gang – Rides Again
The Lettermen – …and “Live!”
Margie Joseph – Knockout (Special Mix)
Michael Parks – The Best of Michael Parks
Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot
The Outsiders – Album #2
The Outsiders – Time Won’t Let Me
Pat Boone – Memories
Peter And Gordon – I Don’t Want To See You Again
Peter, Paul and Mary – A Song Will Rise
Rare Earth – Get Ready
Stonewall Jackson – Trouble & Me
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons

Used 7”s
Paul McCartney / Michael Jackson – Say Say Say
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelin’ Band / Who’ll Stop The Rain
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black / Stupid Girl
USA for Africa – We Are The World

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Complaint Line, The Cellphones, Moondead, The Suction Cups

Posted on August 15, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

We just got done with a weekend full of theater at Black Sheep, and now with it being Monday it’s time to get back into the swing of things with some regular shows. Just like magic our space has transformed from a theatrical living room with rows of seats back into a show space. Tonight we have a show featuring Springfield 90’s alternative rock band The Complaint Line. Then we have the interesting and experimental group The Cell Phones from Chicago, you can stream some of their music on the player below. Also on the bill before all that we have the three-piece band Moondead. Opening things up tonight it looks like we have the surfy durfy local band The Suction Cups.

All of that tonight will be kicking off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

August 31st at Black Sheep: Pryss, Prom Nite, Stye, Say Something, Statues of the Dead

Posted on August 13, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Squeezing a few more of those punk shows in before the summer is over! This one is happening on Wednesday, August 31st and it is going to be a five-band banger. For this show we have Springfield hardcore band Pryss who just got back from an eight-day tour. The touring act we have on this one is Prom Nite all the way from Toronto, Canada. Check out some of Prom Nite‘s music streaming on the player below. Other than that we also have the first Black Sheep performance for a new Peoria-based powerviolence band called “Stye” lined up for you all. Then before that we have the punk band Say Something taking the stage, and opening things up is a related project called “Statues of the Dead” which you might know as the band featuring a five-year old on drums from our Battle of the Bands last month.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $6. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see what else is coming up at Black Sheep these next few months.

WUIS: “The Scene Meets The Absurdist People’s Theatre”

Posted on August 13, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

We are all about the theater performance happening this weekend today on Blacksheepspringfield.com, that is for sure! We felt like we had to mention this segment that WUIS and The Scene put together on the performances of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” this weekend. Hosts Rachel Otwell and Scott Faingold sat down with The Absurdist People’s Theatre to talk about the new theater group and what some of us can expect to see inside Black Sheep this weekend.

You can find the episode of The Scene streaming on the player below. Also head over to the WUIS site to stream it there or find older episodes of The Scene, which airs once a week. The first performance of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” kicks off tonight at 7:00 pm.

Today + Tonight at Black Sheep: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” Performances 2 & 3

Posted on August 13, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

The critics agree, last night was the first performance of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” at Black Sheep, and it was amazing! We encourage anyone who missed last night to check out one of the two plays going on today! We have two performances – one at 1:00 pm and the other at 7:00 pm. You can expect both to be around 3 hours long with intermission, and there will also be discussion at the end for anyone who wants to stick around after that. Go ahead and RSVP on either facebook event if you are interested in attending:

1:00PM PERFORMANCE

7:00PM PERFORMANCE

Also check out The Absurdist People’s Theater facebook page!

Tonight at Black Sheep: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (First Performance)

Posted on August 12, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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We can hardly hold back excitement for the things happening at Black Sheep tonight! This weekend we are being taken over by a new DIY Theater group in town – The Absurdist People’s Theatre Troupe – and they will be holding four performances of Edward Albee’s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”

Tonight is the very first performance of the play, kicking off at 7:00 pm. We hear seating for this one is going to be limited for this one! If you intend on going, try to RSVP on the facebook event right here. Tickets are $12, and of course the event is all ages. There will also be three other performances taking place this weekend – two on Saturday and also one on Sunday. More info on all of that can be found on The Absurdist People’s Theatre Troupe’s facebook page.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: The Absurdist People’s Theatre Troupe

Posted on August 12, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Of course many of you may know that we have some exciting and new things happening at Black Sheep this weekend. We will be hosting the first ever theater performance inside of our venue, with “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” being performed four times over the course of tonight, Saturday, and Sunday. The cast for this new play is shown above. The play is being put together by a brand new group in town called “The People’s Absurdist Theatre Troup.” We have two or three of them coming in on The Black Sheep Radio Show today to talk to us about what exactly will be going down at Black Sheep this weekend and what their new group is all about.

You can listen to The Black Sheep Radio Show today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm, or online the same time at wqna.net. Check out a few of our old episodes up for download on our radio show page.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on August 11, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Once again, we are pretty late to the game on a website post. This one is for the new arrivals at Dumb Records this week (1107 South Grand E. Ave), here we are most of the way through the week on Thursday. Either way, here are some new records that are hitting the shelves at Dumb Records! This includes a good chunk of used LPs, and some new ones from IFB Records based out of Florida. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the rest of the week and then jump into what’s new:

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

New LPs
AI – The Sounds of Hearts
Blank Dogs – The First Two Weeks
Bleed The Pigs – Thetan
Dead Friends – Dead Friends
Elsinores – New Forms
Haldol – Haldol
Le Almeida – Paraleloplasmos
Paperplanecrash / Remek – Split
Null – Sleepwalking Days
Recreant – Recreant
Tentacles – Ambibalence
Witch In Her Tomb – LP
Whorls – Petrichor

Used LPs
Andrew Poppy – The Beating of Wings
The Association – Cherish & Along Comes Mary
Chris Rea – Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?
Chris Rea – Deltics
Joan Baez – Any Day Now
John B. Sebastian – John B Sebastian
John Prine – Prime Prine
Jules Shear – The Eternal Return
Jules Shear – The Third Party
Klark Kent – Music Madness From The Kinetic Kid
Leon Redbone – Double Time
Leon Redbone – Champagne Charlie
Leon Redbone – On The Track
Linda Ronstadt – Living In The USA
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
Linda Ronstadt – What’s New
Lou Rawls – All Things In Time
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side – The Best of Lou Reed
Maggie And Terre Roche – Seductive Reasoning
Mick Jagger – She’s The Boss
Neil Sedaka – Sedaka’s Back
Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
Pell Mell – Rhyming Guitars
Pere Ubu – Song of the Bailing Man
Pet Shop Boys – Please
Pilot – Pilot
The Police – Ghost In The Machine
The Pressure Company – Live In Sheffield 19 Jan 82
The Rainmakers – The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers – Tornado
The Ray Beats – Guitar Beat
The Records – Crashes
The Residents – The Third Reich ‘N Roll
The Residents – Residue of The Residents
The Rivingtons – Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
The Roches – The Roches
The Roches – Keep On Doing
The Roches – Nurds
The Roches – Speak
The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
Roxy Music – Siren
Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band – With The Rootettes
Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band – Zoom
Rubber Rodeo – Eatum EP
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Neo Geo
Scaffold – Sold Out
Scritti Politti – Songs
Scritti Politti – Wood Beez / Absolute
Seals & Crofts – Greatest HIts
Shawn Phillips – Faces
Shawn Phillips – Furthermore…
Shawn Phillips – Contribution
Shawn Phillips – Second Contribution
Shawn Phillips – Shawn Phillips
Shawn Phillips – Do You Wonder
Shawn Phillips – Rumplestiltskin’s Resolve
Shawn Phillips – Spaced
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Anthology
Van Dyke Parks – Jump!

Looming: “Tried & True”

Posted on August 10, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Boy are we late to the game on this one. About a week and a half ago Springfield-originating band Looming released a brand new single, and their first new music released since last year’s album Nailbiter. The new single is called “Tried & True” and you can find it streaming on the player below. Check out the artwork for the single above. Check out the song’s debut and article on Brooklyn Vegan right here. Also head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can download the song for $1.

Looming are currently touring out to Wrecking Ball Fest in Atlanta, Georgia and then around the US with Lemuria. They will be closing all of that off with a show in Springfield right here at Black Sheep on Sunday, August 21st. Better RSVP to that if you haven’t already!

August 26th at Black Sheep (Benefit) Spooky Poo, Gadget, Bring On The Fall, Skunkworks

Posted on August 10, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

On Friday, August 26th we have a show coming up at Black Sheep that is going to be a benefit for a family based out of Decatur, Illinois who recently lost a son. This show will actually feature four bands who also all played our Black Sheep Battle of the Bands last month. This includes “Spooky Poo” from Decatur, who you can find on the player embedded below. Also from Decatur and featuring some of the same members is the band Gadget! Then we have the Taylorville-based alternative rock band called “Bring on the Fall.” Then it looks like opening things up is the Jacksonville-based newer band who won our judicial vote and recorded demo portion of the battle of the bands- “Skunkworks.”

This event will be starting at 6:00 pm, and admission is $7. Everyone is welcome to come and support. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page right here where you can find what else is coming up in Southtown the rest of this summer and early fall.