http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss david@davidlevin.com Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:37:02 -0500 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:37:10 -0500 iBlog 1.4.6 David Levin David Levin Online Observations, pleas and rants. David Levin david@davidlevin.com David Levin Online http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E20070802133700/index.html Hey,

I finally posted some new tunes to my MySpace page. It's four tunes from the upcoming CD. Actually, two "singles." Criminal w/After the lullaby; Evil Genius w/Crazy Fool. Check them out ... and enjoy!

David

myspace.com/davidlevin11

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:37:00 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E20070802133700/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E20070802132717/index.html Back in May, we played as part of Minneapolis's first International Pop Overthrow festival at the Uptown bar. Well, it may have been Mpls's first, but it's their tenth year. So we're especially happy to be included on their CD sampler from this year's series. They selected "Criminal" to include in the set. It's one of the featured tunes from our upcoming CD, to be released late Fall, this year. Very cool!

Check them out. It's a great series that plays all over the world. 

http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com

http://www.myspace.com/internationalpopoverthrow

The sampler is out now, though I'm not sure it's available for sale. 66 tracks. Lots of great stuff on there. 

Also, Criminal was featured in KSCU's Power Pop Show podcast, as part of their IPO special. Man, we're everywhere! :-) Seriously though, it means a lot to be singled out from the larger group.  You can download the entire broadcast at http://www.midwestusergroup.org/KSCU_Podcasts.htm. Or just stop by their MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/powerpopshow.

About International Pop Overthrow

International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it has affectionately become known) is a pop music festival which features the best pop and rock bands from around the world. The festival takes place annually in several U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Nashville, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta and Minneapolis, as well as in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Liverpool, UK.

The Power Pop Show 
KSCU - 103.3 fm - Santa Clara, CA 
www.kscu.org 

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:27:17 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E20070802132717/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E299846698/index.html "Criminal" is finally available! This is a two-song "45" CD - Criminal w/ After The Lullaby - the first in a series I'd like to release in this format for the next period of time. We're still working on a great video for it, but in the time being you can get the 45 if you'd like, either the physical CD or as downloads. (Both coming soon.)

Hope you enjoy it!

David ]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:39:05 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E299846698/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1561594067/index.html We're excited to be in the Minneapolis edition of the International Pop Overthrow music festival. Coming up soon - Thursday May 3rd, at the Uptown Bar. We're on at 10pm. 20 minute set. Blink and you'll miss us.

This is a very cool thing. Not a contest. Just a pop music festival. (Not pop like Britney, pop like us, Fountains of Wayne, Matthew Sweet etc.) The festival runs 4 nights - Wed-Sat - all sets are 20 minutes with a 10-minute turn between bands. Bands are coming from all around the region too. So you'll see a lot of great music each night.

They will be putting out a CD with up to 70 of the best bands from IPOP festivals around the country. The disc will come out later this Summer - and we'll be on it! So keep an ear out for that too.

This show is also exciting for us because it's our first show since November, and Steve's first since shoulder surgery in January. We'll be playing a couple of new tunes and it'll be a somewhat mellower set than usual to take it easy on Steve. And we should have our first "45" release available for the first time there too. (So many exciting things!)

So anyway, hope to see you there. More details at the link below ...

http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com ]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:21:13 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1561594067/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1464851417/index.html Well, no trophy but not a bad song. :-) Here's what I came up with for the RIFT song contest.

The topic was "public transportation." I got thinking about how the NY Subway has always seemed to me the great equalizer. Everyone there rides it. Mashes them all together in a way I think is very healthy and alive.

So this is from the perspective of an immigrant who's on the train and sort of sees it as part of becoming an American.

It's called, "One More American."

Enjoy! ]]> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:57:48 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1464851417/index.html David Levin song contest effort posted Well, no trophy but not a bad song. :-) Here's what I came up with for the RIFT song contest. The topic was "public transportation." I got thinking about how the NY Subway has always seemed to me the great equalizer. Everyone there rides it. Mashes them all together in a way I think is very healthy and alive. So this is from the perspective of an immigrant who's on the train and sort of sees it as part of becoming an American.It's called, "One More American."Enjoy! no 00:03:03 song contest effort posted http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1156651541/index.html Rift contest this weekend ]]> Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:47:11 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1156651541/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E219283378/index.html Hey there. Guess I sort of dropped of the map for a while. Sorry about that.

We had a fantastic time at Summerfest, July 2nd, in Milwaukee. Really great. And now we're on something of a hiatus while I focus on writing and recording. We still have one show late September at Beaner's in Duluth. But other than that, I'm going to try hard to get something done. :-) (Surprising how hard that can be. Time slips by so fast.)

I hope you're enjoying your Summer and that I have something new to share before too long. (I'm very excited with some of the new material. Can't wait for you to hear it.)

Thanks, all. Talk soon,

David ]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:05:09 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E219283378/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1829193961/index.html Finally! We have new T-shirts available. These are very high quality ringer T's with a great new "Inspector" design. Check them out in our store. And wear them with pride! They're going to look great on you. ]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:22:14 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1829193961/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1542554687/index.html As mentioned below, we're one of 33 artists selected for the US Cellular Emerging Artists Series at Milwaukee's Summerfest. 

They just announced they're putting together a compilation CD featuring 11 of the 33 artists. This CD will be distributed at Summerfest - tens of thousands of fans - as well as through various promotions and at music industry events. We were excited enough at the honor of being selected for the festival (we're playing Sunday, July 2nd at 4:15 pm) but this is an incredible opportunity to turn it into something much bigger. 

So how do they pick the 11, you ask? On-line voting. That's where you come in. Visitors to the Summerfest website can vote for their favorite artist once per day, per email address, one artist per ballot. The 11 artists with the most votes at the end of the voting period - 11am central, this Friday, June 9th - will be included on the CD. So once again, it's all up to you.

The bad news is the contest started last Friday but I just found out about it today. The good news is there's still plenty of time. 

So - if you have a moment, please click on the link http://www.sonicbids.com/voting/default.asp?poll_id=107 and cast your vote for us to be on the compilation. You can vote once every day between now and Friday at 11 am. And feel free to pass it on to your friends and fellow music fans too. 

Thanks again for your continued support! 

David ]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:43:54 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1542554687/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1129824403/index.html Where is the Heart has been selected for The Rift DC Compilation Volume 1. Here's their comment: "David Levin is a prime example of a great songwriter/musician in a city where most of the time, the different, loud and noisy get more attention. Levin would have a hit if the pop radio stations in this market played quality music."

How cool is that?!

60 artists submitted. 20 were selected by a panel of writers and fans. You can read about it in the current issue or on line at www.riftmagazine.com. You can listen to all the tracks and/or get a free copy of the disc at their site too.

The Rift is a great Twin Cities music magazine that is very supportive of the local music scene. You should definitely check them out. And thank them for this great program. ]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:30:48 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1129824403/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1997257840/index.html Thanks to our great fans, we won our semi-final round last Sunday at the 400 Bar! Now we're on to the Minneapolis finals at The Cabooze on Saturday, June 24th.

Should be an amazing night of music. 14 bands. 20 minutes each. Show of hands picks the top 6. Judges pick the winner from those, who then goes to Milwaukee for the next round. After that, there's one more round in Chicago, then off to Germany for the Grand Finals in August. But only one of the 14 bands from Minneapolis gets a chance in Milwaukee. So it really will be up to you again to help us keep this going.

Music runs from 6:30 to midnight. Our set will be sometime between 8:30 and 10:30. (Best plan is to try to be there by 8:15.) Voting is immediately after each set.

Advance tickets are available now for $15 at http://www.davidlevin.com/store.php. $20 at the door. 

More info to come later, but for now, please hold the date and start thinking about who else you could bring with you this time. Every vote makes a difference that night! ]]> Tue, 30 May 2006 14:54:35 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1997257840/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E482092520/index.html We have been selected to be part of Summerfest's new Emerging Artist series at this year's festival. We're playing on the US Cellular/Leinenkugel Stage at 4:15 on Sunday, July 2nd. This is quite an honor and we're extremely excited to be a part of it. Later that night on the same stage will be Soul Asylum and The Tragically Hip.

Summerfest is the world's largest music festival. It's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and runs from June 29th through July 9th. It's a great place to see a lot of great music.

If you're in the area or looking for a really great music vacation, come on out and say Hi!

http://www.summerfest.com/music/emergingartistseries.htm ]]> Wed, 24 May 2006 16:44:29 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E482092520/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E660124419/index.html Come on down and help out this Sunday at the 400 bar. Think of it as our little American Idol. We need votes! 8 bands on the show. 2 move on to the finals by a show of hands. We're on at 9 for 25 mins. Voting is at 9:25.

Tickets are $18 at the door. $12 in advance from our web store. Everyone who comes to see us gets a free T-Shirt and CD. So really, it will cost you money not to come. :-)

Hope to see you there!

David

Sunday, May 28, 9pm. Voting at 9:25
The 400 Bar
400 Cedar Ave., Mpls.
612-332-2903 ]]> Wed, 24 May 2006 16:34:57 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E660124419/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1736309653/index.html Wed, June 14th, we'll be playing with God Johnson at the Cabooze, in Minneapolis. We're excited about this one for a bunch of reasons: Full band show, GJ brings out a great crowd, 18+, first time in the Cabooze, which is a Twin Cities institution. It's all good!

Anyway, we're on from 9:45 to 11. Hope to see you there!

WED JUN 14
9pm doors
9:45pm music
+18
$5 cover
http://www.cabooze.com ]]> Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:38:12 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1736309653/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1959816232/index.html I'll be doing my first solo acoustic show in years Friday, May 12th at the Varsity Theater. I'm on from 5-5:30 as part of a multi-act happy hour they have there. Supposed to be a very cool thing. Food comes from the Loring Pasta Bar, which is one of our favorite places. It's right next door. The theater itself is amazing. It's worth a visit just to see the space if you haven't been there yet.

Ari Herstand is the host and performs the final set from 6:45 or so to 7:30. There'll be a full band in the middle. I don't know the name but Ari tells me they're very good. Sort of Death Cab meets Coldplay.

So come on out and catch a rare acoustic show!

Thanks. Hope to see you there,

David ]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:56:48 -0600 http://homepage.mac.com/qbqdavid/iblog/C1684972983/E1959816232/index.html