Second Story benefit show!

Well, if my friends and I are going to make this work (and we are!), we need your help. Hopedaddy will be unable to attend, but that might motivate you to attend even more!

Please join us in celebrating and supporting The Second Story on June 5

The Second Story, a center for young writers opening this fall in Fountain Square, is celebrating its new space with a night of music, mingling and interactive text-based art on Thursday, June 5.

Please join us at 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 4 (next to Alchemy ) in the Murphy Art Center. We'll open up at 6 p.m. with acoustic music at starting at 7:30 p.m. and lasting until 10 p.m. This evening is intended to help us raise money for our nonprofit space (though no donation is required) and also get everybody together who might want to help with our great cause with their ideas and energy as volunteers.

To find out more about The Second Story and our plans, visit http://www.secondstoryindy.org

The excellent musical entertainment on June 5 comes from local musicians Adam Kuhn and Beat Debris join Real Live Tigers of Austin, Texas and Redbear of Chicago. All donations at the show go to benefit The Second Story, which will begin offering free after-school tutoring and writing workshops to students 6 to 18 starting in August.

The fun will continue on June 6 when the Murphy Art Center is open as part of IDADA’s monthly First Friday Gallery Tour. So, if you can't make it on June 5, come by the next night between 6 and 10 p.m. to check out the space, participate in the text-based art proect and listen to the Tonos Triad http://www.myspace.com/tonostriad who will be playing for us.

Please pass this invitation on and invite anybody to either event if you think they might be interested in The Second Story or just in listening to some great music and enjoying some art in Fountain Square. These events are supported by our friends at Big Car Gallery (http://www.bigcar.org).

You can sample sounds from the bands playing June 5 by clicking on the links below

Adam Kuhn: http://www.myspace.com/adamkuhnmakesthings

Beat Debris: http://www.myspace.com/beatdebris

Real Live Tigers: http://www.myspace.com/reallivetigers

Redbear: http://www.myspace.com/redbearperiod

Quick details:

What: Fundraiser for The Second Story with live music by Real Live Tigers, Redbear,
Adam Kuhn and Beat Debris.
When: 6 p.m. June 5.
Where: 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 4.
Cost: By donation.
Info: (317) 408-1366, www.secondstoryindy.org.

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 5/28/08

Alvin Youngblood Hart, "Tallacatcha," Territory

Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band, "Texas Eagle," The Mountain

Tim O'Brien, "Travelers," Songwriter Sessions @ WPLN

Vic Chesnutt with M. Ward and Howe Gelb, "Way it Goes," Por Vida, the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo

Otis Gibbs, "The Weight of the World," unreleased

Vampire Weekend, "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," Vampire Weekend

Youssou N'Dour, "Dabbaax," Rokku Mi Rokka

Oliver Nelson, "Hoe-Down," The Blues and the Abstract Truth

Olu Dara, "Neighborhoods," Neighborhoods

Flight of the Conchords, "Bowie," Flight of the Conchords

David Bowie, "Golden Years," ChangesOneBowie

Gomez, "Machismo," Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline

OK Go, "This Will Be Our Year," The Future Soundtrack for America

Sloan, "Flying High Again," Yoko Goes to the Mission

Yo La Tengo, "Beanbag Chair," I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Travis, "Sing," The Invisible Band

Cowboy Junkies, "Ooh Las Vegas," Return of the Grievous Angel

Elbow, "The Bones of You," The Seldom Seen Kid

Death Cab for Cutie, "Cath," Narrow Stairs

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, "Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?", Hearts of Oak

The Rolling Stones, "Dead Flowers," Sticky Fingers

James McMurtry, "Freeway View," Just Us Kids

Alejandro Escovedo, "Rhapsody," A Man Under the Influence

Hayden, "The Van Song," In Field & Town

Badly Drawn Boy, "Above You, Below Me," About a Boy (Soundtrack)

The National, "Green Gloves," Boxer

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 5/14/08

Steve Earle, "Satellite Radio," Washington Square Serenade

M. Ward, "Vincent O'Brien," Transfiguration of Vincent

Stewart Copeland, "Brothers on Wheels," Rumble Fish (Soundtrack)

Andrew Bird, "Imitosis (Four Tet Remix)," unreleased

Joe Jackson, "Right and Wrong," Big World

Buddy Holly & The Crickets, "That'll Be the Day," The "Chirping" Crickets

Peter Case, "Put Down the Gun," Blue Guitar

The Decemberists, "The Crane Wife 3," The Crane Wife

Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal," Ragged Wood

Elvis Costello, "No Hiding Place," Momofuku

The Pernice Brothers, "PCH One," Live a Little

Jarvis Cocker, "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time," Jarvis

Death Cab for Cutie, "Long Division," Narrow Stairs

Marah, "Soul," Float Away with the Friday Night Gods

My Morning Jacket, "Evil Urges," Evil Urges

Led Zeppelin, "Darlene," Coda

Elbow, "Mexican Standoff," Leaders of the Free World,

Magnetic Fields, "California Girls," Distortion

Tokyo Police Club, "Your English is Good," Elephant Shell

The Clash, "Police on My Back," The Essential Clash

Joseph Arthur, "Devil's Broom," Our Shadows Will Remain

The Church, "Antenna," Starfish

Jack White and Loretta Lynn, "Portland, Oregon," Van Lear Rose

Alejandro Escovedo, "Always a Friend," Real Animal

Big Star, "When My Baby's Beside Me," #1 Record/Radio City

The Replacements, "Alex Chilton," Pleased to Meet Me

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 4/30/08

Hayden, "Hollywood Ending," Elk-Lake Serenade
Beck, "Bottle of Blues," Mutations
Fleet Foxes, "Mykonos," Sun Giant EP
The Avett Brothers, "Shame," Emotionalism
Ryan Adams, "A Kiss Before I Go," Jacksonville City Nights
Alejandro Escovedo, "Always a Friend," Real Animal
Chuck Prophet, "You Did," Age of Miracles
Jon Dee Graham, "Tie a Knot," Full
James McMurtry, "Fraulein O.," Live in Aught-Three
Big Joe Turner, "Shake, Rattle & Roll," Atlantic Soul Classics
Bob Dylan, "Rollin' and Tumblin," Modern Times
Drive-By Truckers, "3 Dimes Down," Brighter Than Creation's Dark
The Drams, "Hummalong," Jubilee Dive
The Benevento/Russo Duo, "Becky," Best Reason to Buy the Sun
Radiohead, "Bangers & Mash," In Rainbows (Disc 2)
Mark Ronson with Alex Greenwald, "Just," Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads
The Clash, "Car Jamming," Combat Rock
Matthew Ryan, "Meet Me by the River," Matthew Ryan Vs. the Silver State
The Replacements, "Nobody," All Shook Down
Lucero, "Nights Like These," Tennessee
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth, "Across the Line," Thus Always to Tyrants
The Band, "Look Out Cleveland," The Band
David Byrne, "Glass, Concrete, and Stone," Grown Backwards
Bon Iver, "Flume," For Emma, Forever Ago
Sam Roberts, "Hard Road," We Were Born in a Flame
Calexico, "Not Even Stevie Nicks," Feast of Wire

Jon Dee Graham - National Treasure in a Parallel Universe

Hang in there for the last minute and a half . . .

Alejandro and Bruce . . . together!

A long-overdue collision of two worlds . . . and however "impromptu" this was supposed to appear, the E-Streeters have clearly rehearsed Escovedo's "Always a Friend," a still-unreleased song from the forthcoming Real Animal (link)

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 4/16/08

Whiskeytown, "Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel," Faithless Street

Caitlin Cary/Thad Cockrell, "Second Option," Begonias

The Byrds, "You Ain't Going Nowhere," Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Iris Dement, "Let the Mystery Be," Infamous Angel

Greg Brown, "Who Woulda Thunk It?," If I Had Known

XTC, "That's Really Super, Supergirl," Skylarking

The Pernice Brothers, "Cruelty to Animals," Live a Little

Spoon, "Take a Walk," Girls Can Tell

Bob Dylan, "Neighborhood Bully," Infidels

M. Ward, "Right in the Head," Post-War

Old School Freight Train, "I'm the Man Who Loves You," Pickin' on Wilco

Wilco, "Venus Stop the Train," YHF Demos

Tim O'Reagan, "Black and Blue," Tim O'Reagan

Jay Farrar, "Feel Free," Sebastapol

White Stripes, "Little Acorns," Elephant

The Raconteurs, "Many Shades of Black," Consolers of the Lonely

Death Cab for Cutie, "Your New Twin Size Bed," Narrow Stairs

Chris Walla, "Two-Fifty," Field Manual

World Party, "Another Thousand Years," Dumb Up

Gomez, "(You've Got to Admit) It's Getting Better," In Our Gun (Bonus)

Rufus Wainwright, "Across the Universe (remix)," Poses

The Beatles, "Dear Prudence," The Beatles

Loudon Wainwright, "So Damn Happy," So Damn Happy

Mike Scott, "Bring 'Em All In," Bring 'Em All In

Rodney Crowell/Johnny Cash, "I Walk the Line (Revisited)," The Houston Kid

Beth Orton/Ryan Adams, "Concrete Sky," Daybreaker