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Jeff Polish brings his storytelling performance, The Monti, tonight to The Underground (formerly Backstreets) on Battleground Ave. (map)
Two of my favorite people will be telling their particular stories about “firsts” tonight, beginning @ 7:30pm:
Hope to see you there.
You can purchase tickets now for the September 12th show.
The Bloody Blackbeard Band, Remember My Name from michael mcqueen on Vimeo.
The show closes this Sunday. Tickets can be purchased here.
I happened to turn on NPR earlier today just prior to The State of Things running an interview with Laurelyn Dossett and Preston Lane about Bloody Blackbeard. Crazy luck. After some chit chat about the premise of the play and how it was conceived, they then proceeded to play a few cuts off the show album and Bam! there’s Molly singing:
She’s totally becoming this hyper-local rock star / performer extraordinaire; exactly the type of lifestyle she wants to live, but she’s far too humble to recognize its existance as fact.
That’s what blogging boyfriends are for, I guess.
Anyway, rumors have been circulating around town that a few Broadway producers have shown interest in Preston’s latest gem, so things could interesting really quick for Preston, Laurelyn and any number of the original actors or musicians.
Fun times ahead.
When I saw Molly after her technical practice ended yesterday, she let loose a quote through a grin that’ll ring true for the next six weeks or so:
My days are no longer my own.
Arrgh!
That pirate grunt was mine, for after her eight hour walk-through rehearsal today of Triad Stage’s Bloody Blackbeard, I’d have to agree with her perspective.
Neither she nor I are complaining in the least — Molly’s been looking forward to being a featured musician, singing and playing original music by Laurelyn Dosett in the Preston Lane original since last summer, so I am too — but the reality of her schedule over the next six weeks has definitely hit home.
From June 8th until July 6th, she’ll be performing seven shows per week at the quaint theater down on S. Elm (you can purchase tickets online), so she’ll be on a hiatus from performing with her band on weekends until mid-summer or so.
She’s also taking a break from playing her recurring Tuesday night set at M’Coul’s Pub, which has turned out to be quite the community draw with Todd “Mystkdog” Verts and Jennifer “Guitar By Fire” Dalton practically transforming into full-fledged musicians before our very eyes.
A bit of good news for fans — in preparation for the play, Molly headed back into the studio to record a few new songs to add to her best selling debut, Girl With Slingshot. And as she hit the studio, I hit the drawing board to come up with a new album design for the professional run we’re about to invest in with Discmakers.
Here’s what I sent off last week:
It’s a bit different vibe from the original cover, but thanks to the photographic genius of Michael Dunn, we’re both really happy with the results. Molly will be selling the CD’s at the play and will have them with her once she returns to gigging.
With the craziness of scheduling studio time and cat herding musicians into collaborating, Molly wasn’t able to get the three new tracks finished in time to be available in the lobby of Blackbeard so this short-run will consist of the previous ten tracks. We’ll include a sticker on the cover of the abbreviated copy with directions for downloading the additional tracks next month when they’re available, and then print a larger run that includes the full 13 tracks sometime in the fall.
This is going to be a nutso summer, but a memorable one.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
dotmatrix project II was a smashing success. A big shout of thanks to the following people:
And to all the people who have showed up for our events, thanks so much. I hope you are having as good as time as I am. See you next month, June 26th, for Citified & Dawn Chorus.
(originally uploaded by paulcollinsbeat)
We’re coming down the homestretch to the first show and yes, I’m feeling a bit antsy.
Nothing is wrong, I mean, so far we’re all on point — the media crew is collaborating with the bands, the bands are actually putting together set lists so we can make sure we film the right songs, Andy just bought a light fixture for the filmmakers at the show to use, Justin is knocking out posters to go out this weekend around town, Molly has been contacting the local media…
You know what it is? I just want everybody to have a great time. And as the show approaches each day, I guess I’m realizing that I have less and less impact on that happening.
I’m not performing. I’m not shooting. I might be helping with sound, but probably by simply staying out of the way.
I’m not used to this — this not doing thing.
Which is fine, because each and every one of the people who are making this gray matter burp a reality are ridiculously talented people, who have all done this before.
I need to get over myself and stay out of the way.
A big ol’ shout of thanks goes out to Tara for this interview with Austin Hill of Akoha — simply described as “meaningful play” — which touches upon so many cultural aspects of social economics in day-to-day living outside of the realm of social networking.
Like at minute 2:30 in the video; I knew there had to be a reason why I enjoyed investing so much time and resources in building community!
But seriously, what Austin ends up speaking about — average people organizing and affecting change online — is something that Molly discussed with me over lunch this afternoon.
She was absolutely amazed at how Kathy Clark and I were able to make such a positive impact in the meat space with the Save Live Music in Winston-Salem Facebook group, while something as important as the International Civil Rights Museum sits collecting dust after so many years of funding and community support.
I logically argued that the WS situation was simply pointing people to a spot to petition and pressure folks to really do their job, while with the ICRM, money has already been donated, accountability for historical failures have been scarce and the future looks somewhat bleak. Molly instinctively dropped into the world of eros, determined to figure out how to affect the lethargy through online social organization, especially as Greensboro celebrates its 200th birthday over the next few months.
While we both want the museum to become a reality, I found it interesting how the eros and logos in our positions quickly came to the foreground. I usually don’t shrink away from a problem; I try to provide a solution, often creatively tapping into the mechanics of the web. But with this issue, I’ve no idea where to start:
What type of a solution can the social economy of a Facebook offer to this type of political conundrum?
Molly McGinn & The Buster Dillys
M’Coul’s Public House, St. Patrick’s Day Festival
Greensboro, North Carolina
2008
Lars Lilholt Band
Klippet fra storskærmen, Langelandsfestivalen
2007
The Dubliners
Live at Vicar Street
Dublin, Ireland
2006
Metallica
New York, New York
1998
Thin Lizzy
1973
As I was a goin’ over the far famed Kerry mountains
I met with captain Farrell and his money he was counting
I first produced my pistol and I then produced my rapier
Saying “Stand and deliver” for he were a bold deceiverChorus:
musha ring dumma do damma da
whack for the daddy ‘ol
whack for the daddy ‘ol
there’s whiskey in the jarI counted out his money and it made a pretty penny
I put it in me pocket and I took it home to Jenny
She sighed and she swore that she never would deceive me
But the devil take the women for they never can be easy(Chorus)
I went up to my chamber, all for to take a slumber
I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure ‘t was no wonder
But Jenny drew me charges and she filled them up with water
Then sent for captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter(Chorus)
‘t was early in the morning, just before I rose to travel
Up comes a band of footmen and likewise captain Farrell
I first produced me pistol for she stole away me rapier
I couldn’t shoot the water, so a prisoner I was taken(Chorus)
Now there’s some take delight in the carriages a rolling
and others take delight in the hurling and the bowling
but I take delight in the juice of the barley
and courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early(Chorus)
If anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army
If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney
And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Killkenny
And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny(Chorus)
(shot by Mikey aka DaSkinnyBlackMan)
(shot by CharlesMedia™)
(shot by Mikey aka DaSkinnyBlackMan)
They absolutely killed their set last night. By the way, that’s Molly’s father, Dan McGinn, in the last shot.
Pictures of the evening will be trickling in at both Mike and Stephen’s spots.
Video coming soon…