Today’s artist: Rich Mattson

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UPCOMING SHOWS:

Mar 1 2008 10:00P Stasiu’s Place Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapoliscast producer Tony Thomas asked Minnesota artists to submit new material for a song a day in February. Every day this month you can find a new song by a different Minnesota artist. Tony is joined by Andrea Myers from Reveille Magazine and Chris Polley from Chris and Qualler’s Pop Culture Blogulator and NowLikePhotographs.

 

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Today’s artist: Bitter Spills

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UPCOMING SHOWS:

Feb 22 2008 8:00P Pizza Luce Duluth, Minnesota
Mar 12 2008 9:00P Tempo Room Chisholm, Minnesota
Mar 14 2008 8:00P The Boathouse (used to be Cranberries) Ely, Minnesota
Mar 15 2008 1:00P Ashland Folk Festival Ashland, Wisconsin

Minneapoliscast producer Tony Thomas asked Minnesota artists to submit new material for a song a day in February. Every day this month you can find a new song by a different Minnesota artist. This week Tony is joined by Amy Daml from Radio K.

 

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Steve Mchpherson stopped by to talk with Tony Thomas and review performances from the past two years on Minneapoliscast.com. Artists reviewed:

• Rich Mattson
• Dan Israel
• Martin Devaney
• Mike Nicolai
• Sock Angels
• Beight
• The Original Mark Edwards
• Randy Casey
• Jenny Dalton
• Jeremy Messersmith
• Stook
• Andra Suchy & Andrew Pierzina
• Brian Just
• Floor Birds
• The Roe Family Singers
• Aviette

December 1, 2005 was the first posted podcast with Dan Israel.

 

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The HowWasTheShow.com staff are back with CD reviews for September.

“Solstice” by The Dale Hush Hush, reviewed by Stacy Schwartz
“Happyhappyhappy” by Rich Mattson, reviewed by Bob Longmore
“In The Movies” by Glorious Monster, reviewed by Pat O’Brien
“Eisenhower is the Father” by Best Friends Forever, reviewed by Jen Paulson
“An Imagined Civil State” by Fort Wilson Riot, reviewed by David de Young

(Also check out the inaugural HWTS podcast.)

 

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Rich Mattson
Song: “The Death of Rock”
On the Web: olyellerband.com
Upcoming Shows:

Friday, March 9:
Turf Club, St. Paul MN
OL’ YELLER with the Hard Left, the Gilded Age, and Jehovah’s Shitlist

Tuesday, March 13:
Beerland, Austin TX–SXSW pre-party
Grand Champeen, Richmond Fontaine, Two Cow Garage, OL’ YELLER

Saturday, March 17:
Austin TX–SXSW party; location TBA
Grand Champeen, OL’ YELLER

Sunday, March 18:
Barley House, Dallas TX–SXSW hangover party
OL’ YELLER w/tba

Friday, March 23:
Fitger’s Brewhouse, Duluth MN
Rich Mattson solo 9:30-12:30

Saturday, March 24:
Lee’s Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis MN
OL’ YELLER with Roy Hubbs (cd release) and the Copperheads

 

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Rich Mattson of Ol’ Yeller (top left in the photo) originally recorded a podcast with me in late 2005, but it was lost in a hard drive crash. We finally managed to connect again in late 2006 to re-record an interview and a few performances.

We found this house in Minneapolis with a great big basement…We had one neighbor and the neighbors next to us had a band…so it was ideal. It was just great. We’d just hang around in Uptown and we’d invite people over. My brother and I started working at this car wash up in St. Anthony–Don’s Car Wash. All those freaks started coming down to our parties. There was whole heavy metal crew and all the drugs that went with that–just all these crazy people…There were skinheads and punks and heavy metal kids–it was just crazy. But nothing every got stolen or wrecked–the house never started on fire. We just had a good time.

–Rich Mattson on the the party house he lived in in South Minneapolis.

Credits:

Producer: Tony Thomas
Music: Rich Mattson
Thanks: Jon Tranberry

 

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Rich Mattson’s full podcast will post Friday, January 5.

 

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