10/1/10

Music Video: Letters from the Prom - Over the Moon

A few months back I went on a short California tour with Letters from the Prom. We shot a bunch of video footage, and Marc recently edited it all together to make a video for his song "Over the Moon" starring himself, me, my girlfriend, and her friend Brooke. Check it out:

Opulent October

Don't tell me you have nothing to do.

Friday 10/1
The B-52s, Gang, Robert Drake (of Sex Dwarf) @ Electric Factory 8 PM $42
OR
Jason DeRulo, Auburn @ Ram's Head Live 7 PM $28

Saturday 10/2
Letters from the Prom [show review here] @ Juice & Java 8 PM FREE
OR
Music For Malawa: Mark DeRose Band, The Mint, The Jellybricks, Tourmaline, Mycenea Worley @ The Abbey Bar 8 PM $10
OR
Valencia, Automatic Loveletter, Oh the Story [show review here], For the Foxes @ Ottobar 5 PM $10

Sunday 10/3
(21+) Born Ruffians, Winter Gloves, Toy Soldiers @ Johnny Brenda's 8 PM $12
OR
Switchfoot, The Almost @ Electric Factory 7:30 PM $25

Monday 10/4
Four Year Strong, Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Fangs @ Starlight Ballroom (for venues without links see http://www.r5productions.com) 6 PM $17

Tuesday 10/5
The Hold Steady, Wintersleep @ The Troc 8 PM SOLD OUT

Wednesday 10/6
Ratatat, Dom @ Electric Factory 8 PM $24
OR
Clare and the Reasons @ B-sides FREE
OR
Mike Posner, Stephen Jerzak, 2 AM Club, Far East Movement @ TLA 7 PM $33

Thursday 10/7
Built to Spill, Love As Laughter, Revolt Revolt @ The Troc 7 PM $23 (or next day @ 9:30 Club)
OR
Ryan Cabrera, Michele Karmin @ Tin Angel 8 PM $15 (or next day @ Croc Rock)

Friday 10/8
The Roots @ Ram's Head Live 9 PM $45

Saturday 10/9
An Early Ending, To Speak Of Wolves, Holding Onto Hope, This Day Will Tell, Amateur Theory, Fear the Fallen @ Chameleon 5 PM $12

Sunday 10/10
Rookie of the Year, The Right Coast, Kids of Survival, Hiccup Helen @ Croc Rock 6 PM $12
OR
K'Naan, Paper Tongues @ 9:30 Club 7 PM $21
OR
Gorillaz, N.E.R.D. @ Susquehanna Bank Center 7:30 PM $62-112

Monday 10/11
Jimmy Eat World, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Electric Factory 8 PM $32

Tuesday 10/12
Los Campesinos!, Johnny Foreigner @ Johnny Brenda's 9 PM $15

Wednesday 10/13
Enter Shikari, Haste the Day, Sleeping With Sirens, Ms. White, Lights Go Blue @ 1st Unitarian 6:30 PM $14 (or previous night @ Ottobar)
OR
Captain of Compliments @ B-sides FREE
OR
Deerhunter, Casino vs Japan, Ducktails @ Starlight Ballroom 7:30 PM $15 (or previous night @ 9:30 Club)
OR
Suicide Silence, My Children My Bride, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Molotov Solution, Conducting from the Grave @ The Troc 6 PM $19

Thursday 10/14
(18+) Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch (of the L.O.X.), Frank Dukes @ The Troc 8 PM $24
OR
Belle & Sebastian, Versus @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall 7 PM $40

Friday 10/15
Ingrid Michaelson, Guggenheim Grotto @ The Troc 7 PM $24 (or previous night @ 9:30 Club)

Saturday 10/16
Sara Bareilles, Greg Laswell, Holly Conlan @ The Troc 7 PM SOLD OUT

Sunday 10/17
The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club @ 9:30 Club 7 PM $32 (or previous night @ Ram's Head Live)
OR
Circa Survive, Codeseven, Animals as Leaders @ Recher Theatre 6 PM $20

Monday 10/18
All Time Low, Rocket to the Moon, City (Comma) State @ North Star Bar 7 PM SOLD OUT

Tuesday 10/19
(21+) First Aid Kit, Ferraby Lionheart @ Johnny Brenda's 9 PM $12
OR
The Dirty Heads, Among Criminals, Lukas JP & Nomad Clientele @ TLA 8 PM $27
OR
Senses Fail, Bayside, Title Fight, Balance and Composure @ Chameleon 6 PM $17

Wednesday 10/20
Mayday Parade, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue @ TLA 6 PM $26 (or at Recher Theatre with Artist vs. Poet, Go Radio following night)
OR
The Rocket Summer @ North Star Bar 7 PM $15
OR
Cute Is What We Aim For, Mercy Mercedes, Phone Calls From Home, The Sunday Scene @ Chameleon 6 PM $14
OR
The Ataris @ Croc Rock 6 PM $14 (or 10/18 @ Ottobar w/ Don't Panic, Singleton, Run the Risk, Things That Fly)
OR
We the Kings, Cash Cash, The Getaways @ Recher Theatre 6 PM $15

Thursday 10/21
DeVotckKa, Mischief Brew, West Philadelphia Orchestra, Kruno Spisic @ Electric Factory 8 PM $28

Friday 10/22
(21+) Making Time w/ The Drums, Surfer Blood @ Voyeur 9 PM $15
OR
Guster, Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves @ Electric Factory 8:30 PM $30 (or @ DAR Constitution Hall following night)
OR
(18+) Rusko, Dirty South Joe, Flufftronix @ The Troc $15/20
OR
(21+) The Paste Tour: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Langhorne Slim, Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher (ex-Whiskeytown), Mimicking Birds @ North Star Bar 8 PM $18

Saturday 10/23
Bad Books (Kevin Devine & Manchester Orchestra), Right Away Great Captain! (Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra), Gobotron (Robert McDowell of Manchester Orchestra), Dead Confederate @ North Star Bar 6:30 PM $16 (or next night @ Ottobar)
OR
Mae (original lineup reunion)[show review here], Terrible Things (ex-Taking Back Sunday [show review here], ex-The Color Fred [show review here], ex-Hot Rod Circuit), Windsor Drive, The Mint @ Chameleon 7 PM $15
OR
Citizen Cope @ Croc Rock 7 PM $25
OR
Phoenix, Jenny and Johnny (Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and Johnathan Rice), Wavves @ Tower Theater 8 PM $42-58

Sunday 10/24
Matt and Kim, Donnis @ Starlight Ballroom 7:30 PM $17 (or previous night @ Ram's Head Live)

Monday 10/25
Eisley @ North Star Bar 7 PM $17

Tuesday 10/26
3oh!3, Hellogoodbye, Down With Webster @ Croc Rock 7 PM $22

Wednesday 10/27
An Early Ending, Where The Ocean Meets The Sky @ B-sides FREE
OR
Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ The Whittaker Center 7:30 PM $39

Friday 10/29
Hey Monday, Cartel, The Ready Set, This Century, We Are The In Crowd @ 1st Unitarian 7 PM $15 (or 10/26 @ Recher Theatre)
OR
Jedi Mind Tricks, Freeway, Reef the Lost Cauze @ The Troc 7 PM $22 (or previous night w/ RA the Rugged Man instead of Freeway @ Recher Theatre)
OR
Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Tauk @ 9:30 Club 8 PM $25 (or next night again)(or 10/22 @ Ram's Head Live with Martin Sexton, Hill Country Revue instead of Tauk)

Saturday 10/30
Michael Franti and Spearhead, Bobby Long @ Electric Factory 9 PM $27
OR
The Summer Set, Stereo Skyline, Mod Sun, Austin Gibbs @ Croc Rock 6 PM $14

Sunday 10/31
Anberlin [show review here], Crash Kings, Civil Twilight @ 9:30 Club 4:30 PM $20

Show Review: Bess Rogers & Allie Moss

I was just reading a great article on a busy musician in Citypaper, which reminded me of a little tour that dropped by Messiah for our first B-sides this semester. A couple years back, indie-pop singer-songwriter (oh hyphens) Ingrid Michaelson played a big show here, and evidently the band enjoyed it. Last spring, Bess Rogers and Allie Moss, both members of Ingrid's touring band, were scheduled to play at B-sides when one of the Snowpocalypses hit and blocked all roads from NYC to central PA. As you may remember, I was managing Marc Seeley (aka Letters from the Prom) at the time, and he graciously played a second b-sides gig as a substitute.

Undaunted, the ladies rescheduled and joined us for the opening show of the fall semester on September 1st. Moss warmed the crowd up with intimate folk ballads, then Rogers batted clean-up with bouncier kernels of indie-pop goodness. Worth the wait? Probably.

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