I Cry Blood/Unexpected Death

A short-lived Christian hardcore/metal band. Songs about God and death. For all its many practices in cold basements and garages, I Cry Blood only played one show at the Morton Optimist Club put on by Ed Gein Productions, filling in for Subsist. After a disappointing show, and it being too hard to get all five [...]

The Dimnwits

A silly three-piece punk band that played a handful of shows in the late ninties. Songs about anarchy, government, dropping out of school, and white house interns. Good times were had by all. Played with such bands as Lucigen, Wasted Time, Nic Fit, the Slutfluffers, Spoken, and Francium. Back when there used to be shows [...]

Magic Stuff "Electric Touch"

To celebrate Magic Stuff’s new ep, “desperate island”, available tomorrow at Yardfest! They play at 5pm!

The Skabs (are f***ing crazy)

We have all been accused of this lately,so just sit back and enjoy our insanity.Written and recorded last night 8-13-09

Top 15 Music Marketing SEO Content Sites

From an SEO (search engine optimization) standpoint, and not from a usability or community angle, these are pushing the most link authority and popularity to my band name Str8 Sounds, per Google. In other words, if you want your band or musician or label to be found when fans search for you, you should contemplate [...]

Rob Applegate w / Big Business & the Associates

Winter 2008 i started playing solo acoustic shows by myself to get into music again. My friends and roommates helped me name my acoustic guitar Big Business(after a metal band of all things)…and eventually Howie started playing shows with me, and Ryan and Chris weren’t far behind. We’re having fun playing shows around central Illinois [...]

STR8 SOUNDS "Alien Chef Alan at Your Service Yummyman" MP3

***LMP EXCLUSIVE — new Str8 Sounds mp3 available for listening AND free download — only on Live Music Peoria!*** ETs. Martians. Crypto-astronomical monsters. Visitors from Outer Space. Other dimensional travelers. Interstellar beings. Lunar beasts. Satellite dwellers. Comet riders. Gas cloud creatures. Galaxy gliders. Intelligent and/or dangerous life forms from beyond our solar system. Good news [...]

Free mp3 music marketing & the improved NME site

NME Daily Downloads FREE mp3 blog: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&cat=162 For some insane reason, NME (New Musical Express) has archived some of my mid-period Str8 Sounds music videos, mostly videos I created prior to my experiments with Sony Vegas, Magix, and other video editors. A few days ago, and it was so special I Twittered about it with [...]

River City Roundup – 27 – Kickapoo Creek Winery

Fogelberg memorial closer to reality

A group behind plans for a Dan Fogelberg memorial at Riverfront Park has waded through the red tape and is now kicking fundraising efforts into high gear. Hugh Higgins, who is organizing the memorial effort, was recently able to secure space on two Dan Fogelberg Web sites, danfogelberg.com and thelivinglegacy.net, announcing formal plans to Fogelberg’s [...]