Olivia Bell

Flying Circus Entertainment has taken up managing the career of dance pop vocalist Olivia Bell. A Parisian born native of Cameroon, Bell currently resides in Philadelphia and has the whole world ahead of her with songs like lead single "Shut Your Mouth". Listen to the track, and follow on Facebook and Twitter!

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So I finally decided I am famous enough for Twitter, or I exhausted the spamming capabilities of Facebook... take your pick.

In either case, follow @philosofoxthedj

This Month At Liberty Bar

In addition to my Thirsty Thursday residency, I'll be DJing special Irish/rock/folk sets all day at Liberty Bar every Saturday leading up to and including Saint Patrick's Day. They'll be featuring green beer, Irish coffees, Tullamore Dew giveaways, corned beef and cabbage, and various other Irish paraphernalia. The 3rd I'll be opening up for DJ Harv and Plan C's new residency (you may remember them from NYE), and the 10th will be part of the Erin's Express pub crawl known as the Running of the Mick's. Check out the Facebook fan page for more details!

[RSVP for the 3rd]

[RSVP for the 10th]

[RSVP for St. Patty's]

New Website/Fan Page

In tandem with the launch of my new weekly at Liberty Bar, I've finally officially launched the Tumblr page my sister and I have been working on for a few months. Flying Circus Entertainment is the name of my djing/promotion company, and all my future events will be under that moniker. Check it out at flyingcircusentertainment.tumblr.com and become a fan on Facebook [here].

Joseph Milligan's Sins

Joseph Milligan, lead guitarist of Anberlin, recently started a side project called Sins. Judging by the first two tracks released, this will consist of driving punk instrumentals with vocals leaning more toward the stadium-sized pop ambitions of his regular gig. Personally I enjoy the distorted vocals at the beginning of "Keep Quiet", as it is here he most steps into his own musical territory. [stream on Facebook] (via IndieVisionMusic)

Vote for The New Division

The New Division has an opportunity to play live on Jimmy Kimmel if they hit 5,000 'likes' on Facebook by the end of the month. [Click here to like their page] and then download the free mp3 of their latest single "Walk in the Dark" at their Bandcamp page.

Sycamore House Garden Fundraiser

photo of Darry Miller & the Veil courtesy of Reverb Nation

For those of you in the Harrisburg area, Flying Circus fam Darry Miller & the Veil, along with Matt Wagner & friends will be playing tomorrow around 8 PM at the Allison Hill Sycamore House as part of a fundraiser for a community garden they are starting. I'll be DJing the afters, thanks to my man Phil Wilmot. [RSVP on Facebook]
I'll probably be playing jams like this:

Getting Some Artist Love

Every once in a while an artist is impressed enough by what I've said about them here to link to it or quote it in one of their media outlets. While many might post a link on Facebook or Twitter, a few have paid me the respect of doing so in a more permanent way:

• Will Gray posted my review of his show at b-sides on his blog. [this review]

• Alex Brubaker has a link to one of my show reviews up on his Myspace. [this review]

• MC Psalmist quotes me in his SonicBids EPK under "Press". [this review]

• Kyle Rictor includes me on his website under "Fan Testimonials". [this review]

Photo of Kyle & Kelsey Rictor courtesy of Megan Kelley

• For those interested, you should come see Kyle Rictor at B-sides on Wednesday.

• MC Psalmist recently put out the Friends'n'Family mixtape with some of the artists who also played the show I reviewed at MCPC.

• Alex Brubaker will be playing with Suzi Brown, who has been on The Fox and the Hound, at The Whole Cannoli on Saturday the 26th (I'm missing it for my sentencing in Wilmington, DE).

• Will Gray has a great documentary out about the music business called *Broke. It features interviews with everyone from John Legend to vice presidents of labels like Sony and Columbia.

Catching Up With Christina Grimmie

You may remember Christina Grimmie as the opening act for my birthday show to benefit To Write Love On Her Arms. That was the last independent show allowed by her manager, otherwise known as Selena Gomez' stepdad.

Since then she has been keeping herself busy getting even more YouTube famous, singing backing vocals for Gomez, and going into virtual hiding to avoid manic fans. A couple kids even tried to friend me on Facebook to get in contact with her. As an indication of her popularity, Billboard just reported that she is currently beating both Justin Bieber and Rihanna in a YouTube popularity contest, despite the former's self-parodying Super Bowl Best Buy ad. Vote for her here to ensure that I get to say "Remember when?" and "I told you so" when she becomes the new Miley Cyrus, but writes her own music. If you don't know who any of these people are, ask your preteen relatives.

The New Division

My girlfriend's best friend's boyfriend (wow that's a mouthful) is in an excellent band out in California called The New Division. I was able to hang out with them a little bit while I was out there visiting her, and they are putting out some genuinely quality stuff, heavily influenced by New Order and Joy Division. They are doing so well, in fact, that high and mighty Pitchfork has graced their latest single, "Starfield", with their stamp of approval - giving you a free download in the process, just a few days after my own Fox and the Hound Show did so with some East Coast airplay.

Starfield by The New Division

Become a fan on Facebook for more info and definitely see them live if you're out West, I'm told it's quite the experience.

3 Kings Promotions

My man Allen King just started a promotions company in Philly. He'll be throwing parties that you'll probably want to be at, starting with at least one at new spot Cafe Spice. Hit up their Facebook group here for more info.