Labor Day might almost be here, but that doesn’t mean the outdoor music season is coming to a close! We are very excited to be participating in this year’s Pabst Blue Rendezvous, Saturday, September 12, 2009 in the Short North!  Here’s all the info from PBR:

On Saturday, Sept. 12th we will be having a big fun party in the Fireproof Parking Lot (2nd Ave. & High St.) from 2-8PM! We’re calling it the Pabst Blue Rendezvous – and we hope you’ll meet us there for what is sure to be an amazing afternoon - celebrating music, art & community spirit.

We’ll have two stages rotating 12 bands; Eight local artists will be creating live art (inspired by PBR); independent vendors; games, raffles & surprises; food by Rad Dog and zPizza; and of course, ice-cold, delicious P B R ! ! !

It’s FREE to attend and all proceeds from beer sales will benefit the Columbus Music Co-Op and the Couchfire Collective – two local organizations that consistently do wonderful things for the art & music communities of Columbus.

Please consider alternative forms of transportation when making your way down to the Short North – Bike it or bus it! We’ll have a complimentary bike corral set-up and managed by Paradise Garage.

Besides the much-appreciated folks that have already been mentioned, a whole lot of thank you’s must go out to the following friends of PBR who also did their part in helping to make this event a reality: Bodega, Surly Girl Saloon, Central City Recording, Columbus Percussion, The Guitar Shoppe, Pi A/V, Wholly Craft, CD101-FM and The Other Paper. Merci beaucoup!! Merci beaucoup!!

Here is the Band Schedule:

2PM: State School
2:30: The Randys
3PM: Trains Across The Sea
3:30: Nick Tolford and Company
4PM: Shin Tower Music
4:30: Day Creeper
5PM: Monolithic Cloud Parade
5:30: Fisted Mister
6PM: Flu Faker
6:30: Periodic Table of Elephants
7PM: The Bygones
7:30: The Lindsay

Contributing Artists: Adam Brouillette, Sam Corlett, Adam Crum, Lonny Hurley, Yoni Mizrachi and Paul Rentler.
www.pabstbluerendezvous.com

The CMC is working to staff this event with volunteers so if you would like to participate, please email columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com.  Here are when and where we need people!

Set up: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Front gate/floaters 2-5 p.m.

Front gate/floaters 5-8 p.m.

Tear down 8-10 p.m.

We are happy to be partners in this year’s Urban Scrawl, taking place this Saturday, August 29th at Dodge Park in Franklinton from 12-8 p.m.!

The event is FREE and features art, music, skateboarding, PBR and more!

Band line up:

12:30-1:00 Marvin the Robot
1:15-1:45 The Jellyhearts
2:00-2:30 Main Street Gospel
2:45-3:15 Couch Forts
3:30-4:00 Shin Tower Music
4:15-4:45 The Phantods
5:00-5:30 The Bosniaks
5:45-6:30 Deerhead
6:45-7:30 Sinatra

This wonderful event is put on by the Franklinton Arts District.  Find out more about the event and all of the other cool stuff they do here:

www.franklintonartsdistrict.org

Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout is today, July 11, 2009 from 2-11:30 p.m. at Surly Girl Saloon, 1126 N High Street.

Free. All ages.  And all the food and drink benefits Columbus musicians without health insurance!

Here’s our band line up one more time and we’ll see you in the parking lot!

Apocalypso………………………3:00 pm
Total Foxx……………………….3:45 pm
The American Jobs……………..4:30 pm
Winter Makes Sailors……………5:15 pm
Chuck and Lisa from Wussy…….6:00 pm
The Rosehips…………………….6:45 pm
Deerhead………………………..7:30 pm
Moviola…………………………..8:15 pm
Guinea Worms……………………9:00 pm
Cheater Slicks……………………9:45 pm
Struck by Lightning…………….10:30 pm

Well, we’re almost done planning this year’s Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout, so we wanted to take a quick minute to remind you about the great program you’re helping fund by attending tomorrow’s event!

Proceeds from the bar and food tent benefit the Columbus Musicians’ Assistance Program (CMAP).  CMAP is the signature project of the CMC and we donated $7,500 to Columbus musicians in our pilot year.

CMAP awards grants to Central Ohio musicians who are lacking health insurance coverage and who are experiencing health-related financial hardships.

Musicians can submit requests for assistance with:

• Medical bills/treatments/office visits
• Vision or dental services
• Prescription medications
• Drug and alcohol addiction treatment

For more information about CMAP or any CMC project or programming, please contact us at columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com or 614.266.5157.

Now! Get your behind down to the Surly Girl Saloon, tomorrow, July 11, 2009 from 2 p.m.-midnight.  It’s free, all-ages and we have 11 bands and cocktails and hot dogs all for a good cause!

SEE YOU TOMORROW!

Alright. Last but certainly not least, we are pleased to spotlight:

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!

We have ended most of our parking lot parties with metal bands and this year is no exception.  The new project from Mouth of the Architect’s Greg Lahm,  Struck By Lightning will close this year’s Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout at 10:30 p.m. Do not miss it!

Check out their music here:

www.myspace.com/struckbyfuckinglightning

and

www.translationloss.com

The Columbus Music Co-op would like to thank and recognize all of the amazing businesses, organizations and people who help make the Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout possible!  Below is a list of all of our 2009 sponsors and we’ve also added links to their sites in our blogroll, on the left side of our site!  Please visit their websites, give them your business and say THANK YOU to this extraordinary group of Columbus music supporters!!

• Surly Girl Saloon
•  PBR
• Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Vodka
• Betty’s Fine Food & Spirits
• Tip Top Kitchen
• CD101
• R-Design Printing
• Columbus Alive
• Jose Cuervo
• Columbus Underground
• Donewaiting.com
• Central City Recording
• Yeah, Me Too
• Kiesha Jenkins-Duffy
• US Food
• Columbus Alive
• Hills Market
• Bodega
• What The Rock
• Studio 35
• Wholly Craft
• Barrel 44
• Bela at Anyway Records
• Guitar Center
• Columbus Percussion
• Mike & Sally Eckhart
• Lucky 13 Hair Salon
• Sara Yurkovic
• Wholly Craft

The Parking Lot Blowout is TOMORROW!

Our 10th band spotlight is:

MOVIOLA

Moviola doesn’t play very often in Columbus and we are honored to have them play our stage at 8:15 on Saturday.  They’ll also be playing a special set with 8-band members for one night only!

SF Weekly had this to say about Moviola:

““…It’s the ability to be quirky, individualist and knowing, include ironic asides, and at the same time communicate real feeling, or to empathize so strongly with another, that you’re actually there with them. That’s the quality that Moviola have. They avoid the alt-country and even Americana ghetto altogether, their range is too wide.”

Check their music out here:

www.moviolamusic.com

and

www.myspace.com/moviola

Team CMC has all the volunteer goodie bags ready, the mugs are packed up and almost all the details are finalized for our 4th Parking Lot Blowout.

One more band spotlight tonight before we get our beauty sleep!

CHEATER SLICKS!

The Cheater Slicks formed in Boston in the late 80’s and relocated to Columbus in the mid-90’s and we sure are glad they did. The Slicks have been turning out garage-punk tunes for years and we’re super excited they’ll be joining us for Here Comes Your Weekend.  They hit the stage Saturday at 9:45 p.m.

You can hear their music here:

www.myspace.com/cheaterslicks

Hi! The Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout is less than 48 hours away on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at Surly Girl Saloon!!!

We still need a few more volunteers…here are the important shifts that are in desperate need of a few more folks! If you or somebody you know would like to help out please email columbusmusiccoop@gmail.com as soon as possible! (and volunteers get goodie bags and free mugs for helping out!)

4-6 p.m.  1 Security

6-8 p.m.  1 Bar, 1 Security

8-10 p.m. 1 Security, 1 Floater, possible 1 Bar

10 p.m.-12 a.m.  1 Front Gate, 3 Food, 3 Security, 2 Floaters

Here Comes Your Weekend is only 2 days away and we’ve got 4 of our 11 bands left to spotlight!

This morning we feature:

CHUCK CLEAVER & LISA WALKER FROM WUSSY!

We are so excited that Chuck & Lisa from the amazing Cincinnati band, Wussy, will be joining us for the afternoon!  Wussy just put out its 3rd record, Wussy, and have been doing tons of touring and we thank them for coming up to Columbus to help support Ohio musicians!

Here are some recent articles about the new album:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105747735

and

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-06-24/music/on-the-cheerfully-combative-midwestern-noise-pop-of-wussy/

Chuck & Lisa perform at 6 p.m. and you can listen to some of their music and find them on the internet here:

http://www.wussymusic.com/

and

www.myspace.com/therealwussy