Today on The Dumb Records Radio Show: Pistol Pete (The Twistin’ Tarantulas)

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Today is Friday, which means another exciting episode of The Dumb Records Radio Show is on air (until we get taken off the air)! From 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM. Today’s magic guest we have… Pistol Pete, of the Detroit-based rockabilly band The Twistin’ Tarantulas! Pete recently moved here from Michigan and has been performing at Buzz Bomb Brewery not far from us – he’s actually performing there tonight. His full band will be playing here in Springfield for the first time on October 5th as part of Buzz Bomb’s Octoberfest. We will be talking to Pete about his experiences playing in Michigan bands throughout the years, playing his bands music, and also music from other local Springfield acts and bands that are coming to town.

Again, our show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on WQNA 88.3 fm. You can also stream that live online at the same time at wqnaradio.org. Also check out our Mix Cloud page for streamable episodes of the past!

Tonight at Dumb Records: Asa Dawson, The Wining Stretch, Mario Cannamela, Blue Parks

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What’s up we have a show going on tonight! We are excited for this one, it’s a nice and sweet mostly acoustic, mostly solo show. At the top of the bill is Asa Dawson, who used to play in alternative / pop punk band The Junior Varsity, which was active for much of the 00’s and put out a few albums on Victory Records! This will surely be a treat. Another band coming back for this show we haven’t seen since the earlier days of Black Sheep is “The Winning Stretch” which we have been told are performing as a three piece full band. We’ve also got a solo set by Mario Cannamela of Bottom Bracket and countless other bands. Opening things up is a set by Blue (Blu?) Parks. Blu’s the only one of those who has a bandcamp player! You can find their music streaming on the player below.

That all starts tonight at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. Check out a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also don’t be a dummy and check out our shows page for a good look at what is coming up at our space in the near future.

Dumb Records Finalist In 3 “Best Of Springfield” Categories

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Wow! It’s that time of year again. The Illinois Times has their Best of Springfield up and rolling. This is the first time around where we have our new downtown store up and rolling, which means we are in the running for Best New Downtown Business! Yippee! Then the two other categories we are in which are more usual for us “Best Music Shop” and “Best Small Live Music Venue”. Of course we are not the only ones in the running for all of these different categories. You can be sure to vote for all of your other favorite local businesses in many other categories ranging from food/drink, entertainment, goods & services, and even a whole section for cannabis! The section for bands and musicians seems a bit smaller this year, but it’s still there as well.

Go Vote Here.

Voting goes from now until the next eleven days and ends on September 23rd.

October 25th at Dumb Records: Mouth For War, Cold Shoulder, Capitol Offense, Time & Pressure, Prevention

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What’s up Springfield, we are here today to officially announce one of these *big* hardcore shows, you know? This one is happening on Friday, October 25th, don’t miss it. We got that big big hardcore band touring package for you. With the band “Mouth For War” at the top of the bill from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Stream their music on the player below. Actually the touring package is just two bands. The other band is Cold Shoulder coming from Toronto, Canada. Then we have three bands familiar to our space, including Capitol Offense from Decatur. And Time & Pressure, another familiar band from the St. Louis area. Opening things up is Prevention from right here, home grown in your backyard hardcore.

All of this big mega show starts at 7:00 pm on that day and admission is $10 this time around. 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 our space in the near future.

Dumb Records Participating In Downtown Sidewalk Sales This Saturday

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That’s right, you heard it! Now that we are downtown, we get to participate in the Downtown Springfield Sidewalk Sales – which happen two Saturdays out of every year. We tried to do this back in the spring but it rained that day. Now the weather is looking much better at a high of 82 degrees and sunny. For the sidewalk sales, a number of downtown businesses take part in different sales, or putting stuff out on the sidewalks. For this we will be putting all of our $1 records out on the sidewalk, and will be holding an all day sale of 20% off everything in our store. Enjoy!

In addition to all of that, local clothing brand “The Zodiac Custom” will be doing a pop-up shop inside the second room of our store! That will be happening from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Our store will be open Saturday from 10:00 am until after 8:00 pm – we have our hip hop show going on in the evening starting at 7:30 pm.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Whoops! Sorry, it’s late in the day on a Tuesday here, but we are still comin’ at ya with a stack of some new and used LPs, 12″ Singles, and CDs to be hitting the shelves this week at our store (located at 418 E Monroe Street) downtown. Yes, we are open every single day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. We even have a special sidewalk sale going on this weekend which we are going to tell you about here in just a little bit. Then there are also shows going on this Friday and Saturday! It’s certainly a busy week coming up! Let’s take a closer look at our hours and then we’ll look at what’s new:

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Alabama – Roll On
Alfred Apaka – Greatest Hits
Andre Williams – Signifying Monkey
Andy Fairweather Low – Andy Fairweather Low
Anne Murray – Highly Prized Possession
The Beach Boys – Sounds of Summer: The Very Best Of
The Beatles – Hey Jude
B.J. Thomas – Greatest Hits, Volume II
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan – Infidels
Brook Benton – Born To Sing The Blues
Carl Smith – Faded Love And Winter Roses
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
Chilliwack – Dreams, Dreams, Dreams
Christopher Cross – Every Turn Of The World
The Dave Clark Five – Return!
Earl “Fatha” Hines And His All-Stars – Jazz Greatest
Earle Doud And Allen Robin – Score 3 Points
Emmylou Harris – Luxury Liner
George Shearing – The Way We Are
Glenn Miller – Collector’s Choice
Hermanos Banda – Margarita Margarita
Ike Willis – Should’ A Gone Before I Left
IRA Ironstrings – Destroys The Great Bands
The Isley Brothers – Inside You
Jimmy Buffett – Riddles In The Sand
John Denver – Rhymes & Reasons
Jonah Jones – Muted Jazz
Jonah Jones – I Dig Chicks!
Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two – Original Golden Hits Vol. II
K-Tel Records – Street
K-Tel Records – The Rock Album
Larry Elgart – Music For Barefoot Ballerinas
Leapy Lee – Little Arrows
MC Ren – Ruthless For Life
Pat Benatar – Get Nervous
The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl
Richard Pryor – Greatest Hits
Sandy Nelson – Plays Teen Beat
Sarah Vaughan – The World of Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One Sings
Shalamar – Uptown Festival
Shel Silverstein – Songs & Stories
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Tommy Roe – 12 In A Roe
Tanya Tucker – The Very Best of Tanya Tucker
Van Halen – Women And Children First
Various – A Collection Of Mountain Songs
War – Why Can’t We Be Friends?
10CC – Windows In The Jungle

12” Singles
Dru Down – Can You Feel Me
E.C. Illa – Don’t Get Me Started
Heavy D. & The Boys – Peaceful Journey
Ice Cube – Until We Rich
Killah Priest – One Step / Face MC’s
M.C. Breed & D.F.C. – Ain’t No Future In Yo’ Frontin’
U-God – Turbulance / DATs Gangsta
Wu All Stars – Soul In The HOle

New CDs
Alan Shorter – Orgasm
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Highlights From The Phantom Of The Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Cats: Selections From
Andy Williams – Dear Heart / The Shadow Of Your Smile
Bobby Vinton & Andy Williams – Blue On Blue
Cabaret – New Broadway Cast Recordings
Chet Baker – Round Midnight
Chet Baker Quartet – Out Of Nowhere
Dianne Reeves – The Grand Encounter
Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy’s Diamonds: Best Of The Verve Years
Dizzy Gillespie – Ultimate
Ernest Ranglin – Gotcha!
Funny Girl – Original Soundtrack Recordings
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra – Drumming Man
Greg Vail – Sax By Moonlight: Unforgettable
Jack Jones – The Gershwin Album
John Lee Hooker – The Cream
John Lee Hooker – The Complete ‘50s Chess Recordings
John Pizzarelli – Meets The Beatles
John Pizzarelli – After Hours
John Scofield – Hand Jive
John Scofield – Rough House
Johnny Winter – Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter – A Rock N’ Roll Collection
Kenny Rankin – A Song For You
Lionel Hampton – Always
Mark Portman – No Truer Words
Max Roach – Deeds, Not Words
Max Steiner – Gone With The Wind
Nnenna Freelon – Shaking Free
Peggy Scott-Adams – Contagious
Ray Charles – Ray Chalres At Newport
Ray Charles – Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
Shilts – See What Happens
Silverchair – Freak Show
Silverchair – Frogstomp
Slant 6 – Inzombia
Smashing Pumpkins – Pisces Iscariot
Smash Mouth – The East Bay Sessions
Smashmouth – Smashmouth
Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
Sonic Youth – Goo
Soundscape UK – Gone With The Wind
Spyro Gyra – Heart Of The Night
Spyro Gyra – Fast Forward
Stand By Me – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand The Weather
Stroke 9 – Rip It Off
Swing Out Sister – It’s Better To Travel
Third Eye Blind – Out Of The Vein
Third Eye Blind – 3B
Tonic – Lemon Parade
The Tragically Hip – Music @ Work
Various – Burning For Buddy
Various – Swing It, Daddy-O!
Various – The Story Of Jazz
The Wizard of Oz – Original Soundtrack
311 – From Chaos

 

September 21st at Dumb Records: Sonny & Kade, Zach Goriszewski, Amy Quin & The Manic Depressives, Emily Hough, Zach Karraker

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Look at this whopper of a show coming up in two weeks we have. On Saturday, September 21st. A little last minute 5-act pretty much all solo and mostly local show at our space, why not. Let’s take a look at what we got. At the top is actually a rap project called “Sonny & Kade” which we do not know much about. We do know there is music for right here. Next down the bill is Zach Goriszewski, former singer for the band Kickstart right here in town. In the middle is “Amy Quin & The Manic Depressives” from St. Louis. There is actually music for that one streaming on the player below, don’t pay attention to the name being “Dead Pilgrim” on that. Before that we have Emily Hough, the up and coming teen from Petersburg, Illinois that was actually a contestant on NBC’s “The Voice”! Amazing! Opening things up is yet another Zach! Zach Karraker playing some solo acoustic music.

All of that starts at 7:00 pm and it’s five acts for $5, you just can’t beat that. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at our space in the near future.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Blushe, Prowess, “So Which Band Is Your Boyfriend In?” Documentary Screening

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Tonight we have the first movie / documentary screening we are attempting to have in our new space! And we’ve got it paired up with two bands performing, for an all around well rounded event! Our friends at Activator Magazine approached us about the possibility of us doing a showing of a new documentary from the UK exploring gender in the DIY scene called “What Band Is Your Boyfriend In?“. Here is a description from the facebook page:

This documentary features the views of a range of women/gender-fluid individuals from all walks of life within the UK music scene. It looks at how and why people get involved in music, the positive and the not-so-positive experiences, and the possible ways we can change things.

The gender divide exists – there’s no doubt about it. And recently there have been an increasing number of press articles on the issue, but they only scratch the surface. So, Which Band is Your Boyfriend in? provides an in-depth account of the situation.

From the outset it was my intention to create a film which could have an impact on the awareness of equality issues in the UK music scene. I hope that this project will inspire young people to pick up an instrument, learn to record music or just get out there to see live bands perform.

Check out the trailer for the documentary on the player below. Total run time is close to an hour and a half. We also have two bands on the bill – if we had to guess how we will have it set up, we will likely have the bands go first and then the movie screening directly after. Bands performing include the incredibly talented alternative / punk group Blushe, and then the male-fronted hardcore band Prowess.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Sounds like we are doing bands first and then the movie showing. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else we’ve got coming up.

September Issue of Activator Magazine Available At Dumb Records

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Oh yeah, what’s up we got a new issue of Activator Magazine in our store *available for free*. In fact, we’ve already gone through one batch of these real quick and have already been re-stocked! On this month’s cover featured is a handful of Central Illinois hip hop artists including TaQsem, T-Roni, Kid Ziggy, Pappa Luke, and Otto Sans. Ken No, columnist of Activator, and host of Hiphophumpday on 88.3 WQNA is also featured on the cover, and Ken put together the featured story recapping the current state of hip hop in the 217 area listing off a lot of the active players.

We are also excited because there is an exclusive interview with Shonen Knife from Japan, who will be playing here in Springfield at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s on September 30th. In addition to that there are album reviews, local and St. Louis show calendars, interviews with Rather Dashing, Retirement Party, Zzo, and much much more. This is the biggest issue of Activator to date!

Come pick up a copy for free at Dumb Records (we are open pretty much all day every day), or other local businesses around town.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Whoops, it’s Thursday! Our very rare day off this past Monday for Labor Day may have set us back a day or two, but right now we are comin’ at ya with some new arrivals in our store for the week… or weekend however you look at it. Here are some goodies in the form of new and used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs hitting the shelves. We just have one show lined up this weekend, and that is a documentary screening + two bands on Saturday night. Let’s take a look at the schedule and then see what’s new!

Thursday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Maze – LP
Natural Man – Living In A Chemical World

Used LPs
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Ace Cannon – In The Spotlight
Aerosmith – Rocks
The Beatles – White Album
Benny The Jet Rodriguez – Home Run
Buck Owens – I’ve Got You On My Mind Again
Buck Owens – I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
Chris Rea – Chris Rea
Chris Rea – Dancing With Strangers
Chubby Checker – Your Twist Party
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bossa Nova U.S.A.
Dave Brubeck Quartet – My Favorite Things
The Doobie Brothers – Best of the Doobies
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage Act I
Fred Lane – From The One That Cut You
Gordon Lightfoot – Don Quixote
Heart – Bebe Le Strange
Heart – Dog & Butterfly
James Levine – Music From Ravina Vol. 1
Jefferson Airplane – Long John Silver
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jonah Jumps Again
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jumpin’ With A Shuffle
KISS – Alive II
K-Tel Records – Right On
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Journey Of Dreams
Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie
Living Strings – Play Music of Hawaii
Patsy Cline – Here’s Patsy Cline
Nobunny – Secret Songs
Rare Earth – In Concert
Rusty Warren – More Knockers Up
Sade – Diamond Life
Shel Silverstein – Freakin’ At The Freakers Ball
Shorty Rogers – Changes Are It Swings
Soul To Soul – Original Soundtrack
Sparks – Interior Design
Styx – Equinox
Symphonic Slam – Symphonic Slam
Telex – Neurovision
Tommy Bolin – Teaser
Various – Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume 2
Various – Motown Superstars
Various – The Great Rock Revival
Waylon Jennings – Music Man

12” Singles
Busta Rhymes / ODB – Where’s Your Money
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince – Ring My Bell
Generals – The Herbaliser
Kaos Brought – Bust Shots / West Coast
Lil’ Kim – Not TOnight / Drugs
LMNO – Hit
Offwhyte – High Fidelity
Ridic – No Apologies / Priceless
Sugar Hill Gang – The Lover In You
2 Pac – Let Em Have It / Thug N U

New CDs
Andre Previn – After Hours With Joe Pass & Ray Brown
Andy Williams – 16 Biggest Hits
Archie Shepp – Mama Too Tight
Benny Goodman Sextet – Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman – Greatest Hits
Candy Dulfer – The Best of Candy Dulfer
Cassandra Wilson – Sings Standards
Chet Baker – Jazz Profile
Chet Baker – The Legacy
The George Shearing Quintet / Nancy Wilson – The Swingin’s Mutual!
Jazz Cats – Jazz To Wake Up To
Joe Pass – Ira, George, and Joe
Le Valedoh – Sensuous Sax: The Movies
Material – The Best of Material
Michael Feinstein – Big City Rhythms
Nancy Wilson – R.S.V.P.
Nancy Wilson – Love, Nancy
Nnenna Freelon – Listen
Nnenna Freelon – Soulcall
Peggy Lee – Black Coffee And Other Delights
Peggy Lee – Classics
Semisonic – The Great Divide
Semisonic – All About Chemistry
Sharpshooters – Choked Up
The Smithereens – Blow Up
The Smithereens – A Date With The Smithereens
Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down
Spin Doctors – You’ve Got To Believe In Something
Soulstice – Illusion
Sound Assembly – In The Pocket
Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Sprung Monkey – Get A Taste
Spyro Gyra – Love & Other Obsessions
Spyro Gyra – Dreams Beyond Conrol
Stan Getz / Chet Baker – Quintessence Volume 2
Sum 41 – Does This Look Infected?
Sun Ra – Somewhere Else
Sun Ra – My Brother The Wind
Swing Out Sister – Shapes And Patterns
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Coil
Toad The Wet Sprocket – In Light Syrup
Train – Drops of Jupiter
Various – Compact Jazz: Best of the Big Bands
Various – Jump Up & Boogie: The New Swing Collection
Various – Jump Jivin’ Swing
Various – Lounge-A-Palooza
Various – New Millennium Swing
Various – The Roots of Swing N’ Jive
Various – Songs From Godspell
Various – Swingsation Sampler
Woody Shaw – Solid
Woody Herman – Woody Herman’s Finest Hour