hey y'all.
there's been a lot of good music and theater around here this summer.
it's been a treat seeing many of you at the occasional event.
i consider myself an extremely fortune guy to know so many wonderful people.
i hope you all continue coming out and keeping the live music and theater
scenes in this town alive and kicking .

a chance to laugh or smile...
http://www.landisarts.com/goodies/goodhumor/index.htm

and if you haven't gotten a chance to send your comments to the cast
and crew of Hair, please take 3 minutes to jot a quick note...
http://www.lincolnplayhouse.com/schedule/play_details.html?titleid=561

now,
on with the groovy revolution...

:: Nick Moss - Zoo Bar, Thursday August 23rd ::

Chicago -based Nick Moss will be making a special appearance at the Zoo Bar this week.
I don't know much about him, but i hear he's good.
and, hell, anything at the zoo bar has a damn good chance of being good. :-)
besides, it's a good excuse to round up your posse and have a good time.
shoot your comrades an e-mail right now and plan to get a jump start on the weekend.
i mean, c'mon...
who cares if waking up is a little harder the next day.
it's friday.
you can get through a friday. :-)

:: Special Treat: Blackalicious ::

NE Student Union Plaza,
Saturday August 25th 10:30-Midnight
This show is open to the public. (in other words, FREE!)
Even if hip-hop music isn't your thing,
but you'd like to see a good example of a really good rap group,
check out these guys.
you won't regret it.

Here's a little write-up i found on the web...

In the early 1990s, two fresh and mysterious faces hit the screens on San Francisco cable television amid the onslaught of Gucci-toting, money-rapping, diamond-studded hip-hop artists. Blackalicious's highly acclaimed EP "Melodica" became an underground hit after its release in 1994 and earned the group name recognition on the West Coast. Since then, these local artists have continued to put out new records and tour everywhere from Germany to Japan. Only recently, however, have they started to gain the mainstream exposure that their hip-hop peers are enjoying.

In March 2000, Blackalicious released the highly anticipated "Nia" — which means "purpose" in Swahili. For Blackalicious, "Nia" represented the group's most prized accomplishment. According to Gab and Xcel, who sat down with The Lowell on April 12, their new album reflects their natural progression as artists. "There are certain things we have insight on now as artists that we didn't have back then," Gab said. "We've expanded since then and matured."
"Boasting as many creative styles as Dennis Rodman's hair, 'Nia's' 18-tracks incorporate the abstract hip-hop duo's love of experimentation, freedom-expousing lyrics and endearing tendency to goof off," VH1 said in a review.

:: And we thought Rocky Horror was saucy... ::

Debbie Does Dallas has slipped out from behind the curtained section of the video store and onto the stage. A theater adaptation of the porn "classic" is playing at Manhattan's Kraine Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

Can you say ROAD TRIP !?!

Who's in?

:: propaganda website ::

I'm going to start putting these on my website.
whenever i send one of these emails, i'll post it at:
www.landisarts.com/propaganda
so feel free to book mark this page and check it regularly.
and that way, you won't have to worry about accidentally deleting a message! :-)
also feel free to send this (and all) announcements to your posse!

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Your Quick Inspiration For The Day: Do It Anyway
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the
bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds
in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain
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