The New Moon Trio performed at the Contented Cow last night. Vocalist Adriana Estill joined the group on many songs.
Guitar: Justin London
Bass: Ross Currier
Drums: Lance Heisler
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Rich performs with two other guys, Nate and Neil, at 6:45 pm. See tentative schedule here. And who did that cool Abbey Road in rural Northfield poster? Poster maker Doug Bratland, a member of the Bratlanders, who I later ran into at the opening of Northfield Ties: A Photography Invitational at the NAG. See many of Doug’s posters on his Tumblr, Dig and Be Doug. Update 10/1 6:30 am: Doug has these other Abbey Road/Northfield images on his blog:
The event included the Lowbrow art show at the NAG, the Rat Rod Magazine booth, music on the outdoor stage at the Contented Cow, and the evening party scene along the Riverwalk.
Nick also pulled together an impressive list of sponsors and collaborating organizations. This event continues to grow each year (this was #6) and has the potential to take over the entire downtown for a three-day weekend. See my album of 89 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
No parking on Division from noon on because Nick has influence at Northfield City Hall. This guy could be running for mayor next year so don’t fuck with him. Here are the details from his Sinclair Hot Rods blogsite:
So she was delighted to hear that the band adopted the name and we got to hear them play on Friday night after doing the downtown Northfield Art Crawl. Jon’s calendar of events announcement on Northfield.org has the details on the band:
One of the cool things about Northfield’s downtown Riverwalk and footbridge area is that it intersects with the outdoor patio, deck, and stage area of the Contented Cow. So when there’s a big crowd at the Cow for outdoor music, it draws a crowd of observers on the footbridge and Riverwalk. And sometimes entertainers emerge from that crowd. See BigBubblers.com for more about big soap bubbles as performance art.
They headlined a show at First Avenue back in Feb. See this article in the Badger Herald for more on the band. Below: my two-minute video clip of them at the Cow:
See all the previous JuneBug blog posts, including those with photo albums.
The video clip below:
See my the album of 11 photos, view the large slideshow (recommended), or slow click on this small slideshow:
This morning it was his Duluth Does Dylan t-shirt which he was using to promote tonight’s Dylan Fest at the Contented Cow, celebrating Bob’s 70th birthday today:
I’ve obtained the performance schedule. Ross’ band, the New Moon Trio, performs at 7:40.
The Mayfly Festival continues today, rain or shine.
Last Friday night at the Cow, local superstar musicians Peter Diggins and Steve Jennings wailed for a couple of hours, much to the delight of the crowd. Robbie captured this 2-minute video on her phone. They’re playing again tonight at the 620 Grill, 9 pm, and they’ll be joined by Minnesota Music Award winner “Bassist of the Year” (3 times), Erik Fratzke. Proprietor Norman Butler got a belated birthday surprise from friends, staff, and patrons last night at the Contented Cow. See the album of 6 party photos (with more photos of the exterior of the Cow bathed in snow at dusk), the large slideshow (recommended), or this small slideshow:
Robbie and I strapped on our 40-year old Vermont Tubbs wooden snowshoes on Saturday afternoon and went for a short trek in lower Arb along Spring Creek.
See the album of 14 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or this small slideshow:
See my album of 18 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow (videos below): Below: a two-minute video clip of The Big Strong Men (Facebook page). The band wowed the audience (wide age range) in ways that I’d not seen in a while in Northfield. Members include: Ben Greenwald: Guitar/Vocals
Below: a 30-second video clip of Jacob Mullis and Amy Hager of Fort Wilson Riot (also follow them on Twitter and Facebook). Marie Fischer also has some photos in a post on The Key’s blog where she thanks them “for playing the most incredible drum-free show The Key has ever seen.”
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Dan’s been doing fundraising once again for the 4th of July fireworks and this year, he’s got two fireworks shows for us citizens. (See the PDF poster for the complete schedule of events, including a change of times for the Kiddie parade and Kiddie carnival.) Norman Butler, proprietor of Butler’s Steak & Ale, the Contented Cow, Chapati, and the soon-to-opened Pan Pan, has bellied up to the patriotic bar with a donation that, according to this article in the Nfld News,
Ross Currier has a complete rundown of 4th of July weekend events in his NDDC blog post, Fireworks Mark Busy Weekend in Downtown.
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Other venues for JuneBug 2010 include the Rueb ‘n’ Stein and Butler’s Steak & Ale.
See their blog post for the schedule of matches and protocols, eg, “So bring your flags, facepaint and scarfs — but leave the vuvuzela at home.”
But when I saw her pushing a clothing rack into the store this morning at 8:30, she told me that she’ll actually be open today and tomorrow (Memorial Day) noon to 4 pm. while she studies for her college classes. So now I’ve scooped her. No word about this on the Anna’s Closet Facebook page nor on the Anna’s Closet Twitter account. Hot tip: the back door of her store opens onto the upper deck of the Contented Cow.
I’ve been experimenting with Foursquare for the past couple of months. The app on my Android phone (also available on the iPhone, Blackberry, and Palm) uses GPS to show a list of nearby places. I can then check in to see if the business is offering a foursquare special, alert selected friends (txt msg, Twitter, etc) to my location, earn points, and acquire ‘badges’ for repeat check-ins. The person who has checked in the most at a given location becomes the ‘Mayor’ of that location. I’m currently the Mayor of the Goodbye Blue Monday but just lost my mayorship to someone named ‘Dan’ at the HideAway. Nationwide, retailers are starting to offer Mayor Specials. Starbucks launched a nationwide Mayors Special last week. Last night was the first time I experienced a foursquare special from a Northfield-area retailer: the Contented Cow has a Foursquare special going this Memorial Day weekend. (No, I didn’t set this up, even though the Cow has been a client of mine for years.) What other retailers are using Foursquare in the Northfield area?
We were hoping for a strong audience reaction and we got it: yawns and boos. I guess we’d better limit our live performances to talk-shows. |
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