The weather’s been perfect, the crowds are large and the organizer of the Abbey Road on the River Festival is complaining that there hasn’t been enough corporate support. One of his bigger corporate supporters has the story.
the C-J also has a bunch of photos and other coverage.
The Greenhaus Effect blog as a lengthy interview with My Morning Jacket, who are, as always, on the road.
Blogcritics.com has a review of Evil Urges by Glen Boyd
The problems radio is having continue; the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) reports that total radio advertising fell below $4.5 billion in the first quarter of 2008, a drop of 5%. The splits were reported this way: “Local revenue dropped six percent in the quarter, with national revenue off by 11 percent. Meanwhile, network ad revenue grew by seven percent and off-air revenue was up an impressive 15 percent.” FQMB.com has the story.
Bruce Duncan “Utah” Phillips, 73, died in in his bed in Nevada City, California, on May 23. Phillips was a singer and songwriter noted for his storytelling and leftist political leanings. He was a scholar who collected songs from the American past, including railroad and hobo songs.
J.L. Puckett plugs the Kentucky Reggae Festival, happening this weekend at the Water Tower.
J. L. Puckett continues with the C-J’s non-stop promotion of Abbey Road on the River, for which the C-J is the primary sponsor.
Tucked away in the Business section of the Courier-Journal this a.m. was the news that the weekly publication LEO has been sold to Nashville-based SouthComm Communications. Published Pam Brooks keeps her job; editor Cary Stemle, sales and marketing director Kelly Gream, designer Mark Bacon and circulation/Web manager Michael Steiger all have been fired, Managing editor Stephen George will be interim editor. What this means to the weekly will not be completely known for some while, though the new owners assert that things will continue as usual.
The VHS or Beta crew is out in the world making a quiet splash among music fans. Carlisle Rogers has an interview with Mark Palgy on Australia’s centralstation.com, ahead of their Australian tour.
Gee, everybody else seems to be plugging the backseatsandbar.com first anniversary show at the Pour Haus on Saturday, so I guess we’d best get on the bandwagon. They’re called it “The Incident at the Pour Haus” and featured performers are The Instruction, The Zero Element, Skyscraper Stereo and Azns N Bnzs. The show is FREE and you can buy PBR for $1.25. Should be a crowd.
It’s not music but it is pretty interesting.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.