The Black Sheep Research Team uncovered another great artifact. Paul from Channel 20 came out to Black Sheep Fest and shot some footage. It was meant to be some b-roll for that evenings news, but it didn’t make the cut. Luckily for you guys, the posted it to their website!
You can see some great footage of Lovecow before they went acoustic, Bo clapping, Brian smiling, and the Pound For Pound merch.
We are very excited to announce a real great show in October. It features the Pennsylvanian heart felt punk rockers Run, Forever. The show also features three equally heart felt bands: Hospital Job, Our Lady, Lovecow. This will be the perfect start to an awesome month.
The show is $5, and starts at 7pm. The Facebook event can be found HERE, and a list of all other upcoming shows at Black Sheep can be found HERE.
Here at blacksheepspringfield.com we are always trying to update and improve our website. Today we are bringing you a brand new feature, and that is the new FAQ (frequently asked questions) section! http://blacksheepspringfield.com/faq/ There will always be a link to this new section in the pages tabs under the website banner.
We have compiled the list of questions that we are commonly getting asked through email, facebook, and at shows. If you have any ideas for other questions that could be featured in this feature, then send them to blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.
For the past few weeks, a group of business owners from the Southtown neighborhood including some of us representing Black Sheep have gotten together to form an official association. With so many positive changes in the last month, George Sinclair of Skank Skates thought it was time to form this organization.
Since 2004, the area has been in the running for federal funded grants. The group of businesses thought it was an appropriate time fight harder for some of this money. It would be used to aid in many of the on going neighborhood renovation projects; like new lights, better sidewalks, and renovation of abandoned spaces.
The group has been meeting up frequently, but eventually plans to meet once a month. As a member of the association, we are very excited about the future of Southtown and the many great things the neighborhood holds.
Though the group is in their infancy, there are many plans for growth in the near future. Until then, we will be posting about the updates (and how you can get involved) when any arrive. You can keep up to date with the Old Southtown Revival Facebook page as well.
Hey dudes! Black Sheep’s owner Kevin will be featured on tonight’s episode of Bandemonium. This weekly WQLZ show features spotlights Springfield music. Jeremie, the host, focuses into the all important Springfield music scene.
Tune in at 9:00 pm to 92.7 FM or stream the station online to hear Kevin talk about Black Sheep and local music, and their roles in Springfield. Once the show airs, we will be updating with the listenable link (if there is one).
As we said in our last update, we would be filling you in once the second part of the interview went live. Greg Bishop on Saturday Session does not disappoint in this second part. This time Greg and David Liebe Hart discuss politics, street music, and “Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”.
The second part is located HERE, and the first part is HERE. Be sure to tune in next week on 970 AM between 3pm and 7pm to hear the third part.
David Liebe Hart will be performing at Black Sheep with Obi-Wan Kanblo Mi and Dino Bravo on the 28th of September.
Now, a picture of David Liebe Hart in a Trash Talk shirt holding a skateboard:
Our one-day deep clean at Black Sheep ended up turning into a week’s worth of projects for a lot of hard working and dedicated volunteers. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us this past week, especially Tim and George. Without all of your help nothing would have ever gotten done.
To those of you who have not seen Black Sheep’s new look, we have some pictures. We also have a list of what all was done during the deep clean.
More pictures of the deep clean can be seen in our Black Sheep flickr album.
A lot was done, but by no means are we done improving our space. We will continue to take on new projects and do what we can with the tools and resources we have. The stage is one of many projects we would like to complete later on. If you would like to donate your time to work on projects inside Black Sheep you can get ahold of Kevin or email blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will find a good time for you to come in and work. If you have any ideas for new projects we could take on in or outside of our interior space then you should come to our next roundtable meeting, which is Sunday, September 16th at 3:00.
Tonight we have our first show since we have started making some changes to the inside of our venue. Come out and dance! Coming from the St. Louis area is the return of Super Fun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, which is now a two-person project. Then we also have the return of And God Said Dance, having their first performance since Black Sheep Fest 2011. And then there is the all-new, all-acoustic Lovecow playing great folk punk. The show will start at 7:00 pm and is $5. Be sure to check out our other upcoming shows here.
Some new Black Sheep patches have been made, thanks to Miles T-Shirts. We will be selling these for $2 on our web store and also at shows.
Anyone who donates $5 or more to our stage fund will also receive a new patch.
From Kevin:
Hey everybody! Things are getting exciting around the Black Sheep this fall! We are initiating some much needed projects to improve our humble little abode. One of the major undertakings we are doing is building a new and better stage! We are determined to do something awesome and we need your help. Everything we ever had was built by our community and this is no exception. So if you are down to see the Sheep get cooler stuff and have some rad shows, please help us by contributing to our stage fund. We need approximately 400 dollars to make it happen, and since we operate by little to nothing of a budget we greatly appreciate any contribution. I am excited about the future of Black Sheep and I hope you are too. Thank you for caring and thinking about us.
The times and seasons are changing.
New music appears.
A revolution is happening
Much Love,
Kevin
The Fall is upon us and many great things are coming. We are doing some renovations to our space and are planning our new stage. We have plans to put in better stage lighting, and redo all of our sound. To make these things possible, we need YOU. Your support of Black Sheep is becoming increasingly important during this Revolution Autumn.
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We will also have a special donation box set up at Black Sheep for those of you interested in donating. Or you can hand donations directly to Kevin. Together we can get this new stage built!
