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americanahighways · 5 years

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The first big evening of the festival was in the main festival area with two stages. They did a wonderful job of positioning the stages so that even though there was music playing at the same time you could not hear music from the other stage. The sound guys were fantastic as were the lighting technicians.

The afternoon kicked off right on time with John Moreland on one stage and The Last Bandoleros on the other. Both stages had decent crowds considering it was still early and it was pretty hot. John Moreland was amazing. I had never seen him live and I was very impressed. His songs are dark and lean towards the depressing side but his voice and guitar playing are beautiful and uplifting.

Texas native Amanda Shires took main stage next and she was incredible. I had seen her perform with husband Jason Isbell previously but had not seen her perform with her band. It was a lot of fun and she definitely raised the already hot temperature in the crowd. She was joined on stage for a couple songs about halfway through her set by Jason. He stayed in the background as this was clearly Amanda’s show. I read somewhere that Amanda Shires may be Jason Isbell’s wife, but in Texas Jason is Amanda’s husband.

I did manage to steal myself away for a few minutes to head over and catch a few minutes of the James Hunter Six band who were playing on the other stage at about the same time as Amanda. I felt like I had stepped back in time to the era of the Beatle’s and early Rolling Stones. The band is very soul and blues influenced and are a really fun band to watch and listen to. There was lots of dancing going on too.

I wandered back to the main stage via the artists and vendor section of the festival. There was everything from tie-dyed t-shirts to metal art, a very cool photo booth in a vintage streamline trailer, circus acts, hula-hoopers and giant bubbles for the kids. There was also a great big tent for kids to create all kinds of art. This is a very family-friendly event.

Back on the Original Blacks’ Barbecue main stage blue grass legend Del McCoury was playing. Del McCoury has been playing bluegrass music for 50 years and is still going strong. His band is made up of his sons Rob on banjo and Ronnie on mandolin. In addition there is Alan Bartram on upright bass, fiddle player Jason Carter and they are all led by Del himself on guitars and vocals. Del has 31 International Bluegrass Music Association awards, two Grammys, membership in the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2011.

Meanwhile over on the Bluebonnet Stage Robert Ellis aka the Texas Piano Man was rocking the stage. Ellis was decked out in a white tuxedo complete with tails, a white cowboy hat and cowboy boots. His piano was covered with a cow hide with a vase full of yellow roses and there was a Texas Longhorn skull on the front. This was a true Texas honky-tonk show without the honky-tonk. At one point Ellis seemed to be inhabited by the spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis, standing up and pounding away at the keys. It was a truly fun site to witness.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit put on an amazing and rare acoustic performance on the Black’s Barbecue Stage. The weather was perfect and the crowd was feeling great. Jason’s band includes his wife Amanda Shires, who Jason performed earlier in the day with, on fiddle. Browan Lollar –guitar, Derry deBorja – Keys and accordion, Jimbo Hart – bass, vocals, Sadler Vaden – guitar, vocals, and Chad Gamble – drums, vocals. The band opened the set with “24 Frames”. Other songs in the set included “The Life You Chose”, “Alabam Pines”, “Tupelo” and “Codeine”. He and wife Shires sang a duo on “Last of my Kind”. Before launching into “Maybe It’s Time” from the movie “A Star is Born” Jason joked “I don’t have a hit song, but I have a song that played a hit song in a movie”. They closed out the set with “If we were Vampires.”

Over on the Bluebonnet Stage North Carolina’s Mandolin Orange was playing at a smaller yet surprisingly large crowd, considering they were playing at the same time as Jason Isbell. Mandolin Orange is a husband and wife duo made up of Andrew Martin on mandolin and Emily Frantz on fiddle. They play a mix of bluegrass, gospel, pop, and traditional country. the group has toured throughout the U.S and Europe, including appearances at Austin City Limits, South by Southwest, Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon, Rooster Walk, and MerleFest. Check for photos and write-up on Thursday night, here: Show Review: Old Settler’s 32nd Annual Music Fest: Night 1 https://oldsettlersmusicfest.org/

Show Review: Old Settlers 32nd Annual Music Fest: Night 2 @oldsettler @jasonisbell @jameshuntersix @amandashires @delmccouryband @johnmorelandOK @mandolin_orange @robertellis_ #americanamusic #photosjohn The first big evening of the festival was in the main festival area with two stages. They did a wonderful job of positioning the stages so that even though there was music playing at the same time you could not hear music from the other stage.

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dj-maxx-92 · 5 years

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An unknown rock band struggles with a radioactive energy in their music that blows up amps, liquefies tape decks, and starts electrical fires. On the eve of their first (and possibly last) show, they must decide whether to risk life, limb, and legacy for a 1AM slot on a Tuesday. It could change everything...or nothing at all.

"The Privates" is this week's Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/The-Privates

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Writer / Director: Dylan Allen Producer: Eddy Vallante Starring: Lilli Stein, Rachel Trachtenburg, Alex Herrald, Omar Maskati Director of Photography: Evan Jake Cohen Music: The Privates Original Score: Dave Paulson Editor: Robert Grigsby Wilson

Producer: Javier Gonzalez Executive Producer: Matthew Perkins Associate Producer: Mari Shiel Production Design: Pinky Guest Casting: Rebecca Dealy Casting Assistants: Christy Escobar, Kristie Walsh Costume Design: Megan Stark Evans Hair/Makeup/SFX Makeup: Lexan Rosser Visual Effects: Perry Kroll 1st Assistant Director: Eric “Frenchy” LaFranchi Unit Production Manager: Maddi Clarke 2nd Assistant Director: Tas Mahr Property Master: Nicolas Luna Set Dresser: Alan Jensen Miniatures: Peter Feigenbaum Production Sound Mix: Adrian Martinez Audio Post Producer: Kira MacKnight / One Thousand Birds Sound Design/Mix: Calvin Pia / One Thousand Birds Music Director: Maxwell McDonald ADR Engineer: John Parthum / Mixtape Club Gaffer: Chad Dougherty Key Grip: Glenn Porter Best Boy Electric: Justin Newhouse Best Boy Grip: Jacob Beil Grip: Camilla Foschi 1st Assistant Camera: Matt Garland 2nd Assistant Camera: Brandon Regina Set Photographer: James Chororos Script Supervisor: Rachel Cole Production Coordinator: Quinn Dooley Locations: Jordan Thomas Alexander, Alex Richard Production Assistants: Kuper Bank, Eli Kleinsmith, Sean Woodruff, Mikaela Barish Poster Design: Sam’s Myth Digital Colorist: Andrew Francis Color Assist: Charles Leighton Digital Intermediate Services: Sixteen19

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cynthiajayusa · 5 years

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ArtsUnited Celebrates 20th Anniversary

ArtsUnited, the local visual, literary and performing arts organization, celebrates its 20th anniversary with its annual month-long festival, ArtExplosion, Jan. 3 – 26.

The festivities officially kick off on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. at ArtServe, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, with an evening of art, fashion, music and entertainment at the ArtExplosion gala opening reception and Fashion Reaction runway show.

The exhibition and opening reception will feature dozens of imaginative and amazing art works representing a variety of media from local, national and international artists, as well as a special, one-night-only erotic art show, including LIVE performance art. The jury will award more than $1,000 in prizes to the most impressive entries.

At 8:30 p.m., Fashion Reaction, hosted by lifestyle and fashion expert Max Tucci from “America’s Next Top Model,” will feature a stunning fashion show showcasing the latest designs from local designers, including the Carlos Marrero Collection; Isaac Martinez’s IM Project tees; Laurie Phoenix’s Skirtzophrenic fashions; and Paul Michael’s GETT WETT swimwear.

Award-winning airbrush artist and reality show star Avi Ram, DJ Frankie Fox and reaction artist Akrylika will provide scintillating sights and sounds throughout the evening, along with performances by local singing sensations Chad Johnson, LeNora Jaye and Dre Acevedo.

“Our membership includes more than 120 artists from virtually every discipline—from painting, sculpture and photography to poetry, fashion design, music and dance,” said ArtsUnited president Chuck Williams. “We’re especially proud to showcase so many talented artists at our 20th annual ArtExplosion. We are offering something for every art lover.”

Tickets are $15, including the reception, Fashion Reaction show and awards ceremony. A $25 VIP package includes a special reception at 6 p.m. with champagne toast and reserved seats for the Fashion Reaction show and awards ceremony. Tickets are available at ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

ArtExplosion is generously supported by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Our Fund, Hotspots Media Group and Your Office. For more information, go to ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

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demitgibbs · 5 years

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ArtsUnited Celebrates 20th Anniversary

ArtsUnited, the local visual, literary and performing arts organization, celebrates its 20th anniversary with its annual month-long festival, ArtExplosion, Jan. 3 – 26.

ArtExplosion is generously supported by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Our Fund, Hotspots Media Group and Your Office. For more information, go to ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/01/03/artsunited-celebrates-20th-anniversary/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/181680175305

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hotspotsmagazine · 5 years

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ArtsUnited Celebrates 20th Anniversary

ArtsUnited, the local visual, literary and performing arts organization, celebrates its 20th anniversary with its annual month-long festival, ArtExplosion, Jan. 3 – 26.

ArtExplosion is generously supported by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Our Fund, Hotspots Media Group and Your Office. For more information, go to ArtsUnitedFlorida.com.

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/01/03/artsunited-celebrates-20th-anniversary/

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samanthasroberts · 6 years

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Southern Charm Recap: Can They Get Any More White?

I have emerged from my two-day hangover solely to write this weeks recap. Guess killing brain cells is one of my hobbies now.

When we left off I wasnt sure if I was Team Kathryn or Team Whitney, and I dont think thats ever going to get resolved tbh. However, I did just notice Kathryns facial expression in the opening sequence more or less sums up her entire personality.

Thomas and JD, back at it again with the polo. Cause that ended really well the last time. Can they get any more white?

Whitney has some fruit salad and is making coffee and Larissas like, If that’s cooking, I’m about to be the next winner of.

Whitney trying to explain what going steady means to Larissa is pretty hilarious tho.

Kathryn andKody? Corey? Fuck, I forgetare getting a seaweed facial or some shit, AKA Bravo is pampering them so they can talk shit in style. Nice.

Kathryn is bummed that once she has her baby she has to go home alone with her two children.

Kathryn: Im a 24-year-old soon-to-be mother of two. If you dont think Im overwhelmed and nervous then you dont think.

Wow that was like, unnecessarily aggressive Kath.

Cooper? Cooper! Calls Thomas a 50-year-old playboy and is like,

Cooper: Instead of letting it frustrating you I just say let it strengthen you.

Cooper is the moral compass this show needs.

Meanwhile Thomas is sipping bourbon with JD on his porch because Kathryn really needs him.

JD: Hows the baby? Thomas: The doctor said fine… JD looks skeptical, because Im sure he knows better than a trained doctor.

JD: Kathryn moving up the due date seems awfully peculiarseems suspect.

JD is a regular Hardy Boy over here.

JD: I think women dont like being asked for paternity tests.

NO FUCKING SHIT.

JD is like, and Thomas is like, Its clear hes forgotten who hes about to have a kid with because Kathryn is NOT going to be down with Thomas basically accusing her of slutting it up and then trying to trap him into fatherhood. JUST SAYING.

Its date night with Craig and Naomie. Craig chooses going to L.A. over the biggest event for his company, because hes never been to L.A. before. And Craig wonders why hes not allowed to head a bourbon division. I don’t foresee this ending well AT ALL. Craig, youre a fucking idiot and for once Naomie is in the right to tell you youre fucking up.

Craig: Do you see how hard Im trying to justify this?

Yeah, because you KNOW YOURE IN THE WRONG. Thats literally what justification is.

Cameran and Landon meet up for a candle-making class and I am kind of jealous because that low-key sounds fun. Landons explaining her travel guide to Cam, so Im going to take a quick nap.

Cameran: I think its hard for Landon bc she was a typical Southern stereotype of the woman who got married young and was taken care of and she doesnt have that anymore.

Wait, how is this the first Im hearing of this failed first marriage? How has this NEVER come up before this season??

Cameran: So any man prospects? Landon: IDK not really its kind of sad and pathetic.

Landon is like Same tho. Cameran: Do you think the reason youre not meeting anyone is because you want something to work out with Shep? Landon:…Yeah

Cameran and I are both like, FINALLY!

*Cue a montage of them looking really couple-y* I’m rooting for you guys!

Landon brings up every middle schoolers dilemma which is that if she dates Shep, then shell lose him as a friend. Can we get like, a violin quartet to score some melodramatic music or something?

Craig and Shep make it to L.A. and Whitneys bachelor pad is sick. I guess this is what that Bravo money gets you. On an unrelated note, I have a very compelling idea for a new reality show, if you wanna get on board Bravo, Ill get you in at the ground level.

Craig: I wouldve had FOMO if I hadnt gotten to come out heresothanks.

Whitney: Meh whatevs

Whitney: #NewCraig has taken on this persona thats like, not chill dude.

Whitney basically lets it go with the caveat that he may never fully trust Craig again. Eh, Im sure theyll be fine.

Shep: You know when youre perfectly drunk and youre really good at pool? Is that like when Im really drunk and I think Im really good at dancing?

Classic Shmosby.

Larissa crashes the boys weekend which is not at all chill. Larissa is, I guess, the WGG of the group.

Shep: Should I change? I dont want to look all fratty and Southern.

Well that ship sailed like, approximately 36 years ago. Whitney makes a joke about waking up in the morning covered in blood and vomit. Was he secretly with me and my friends this weekend? Unclear. V. possible.

These two slutty-looking blondes show up and Shep is in fucking heaven. Craig low-key wants to kill himself.

Whitney: The goofy, disarming thing works in Charleston but not so much in L.A.

I’m sorry, Whitney, but who you callin goofy? You’re not exactly a chiseled Greek god over there. Whitney takes a casual shot at Craigs bourbon knowledge, or lack thereof, and now that hes gotten that off his chest this friendship is back on track.

The aftermath of Whitneys party looks a lot like the scene I dealt with Sunday morning. So, like, maybe they really were there.

Whitney: The marker of a good boys weekend is a pool of vomit with a partially digested meatball in the middle.

Whitney talks about how Shep didnt get any last night and Whitney said he had a meeting with Hand Solo which made me LOL.

Sheps like, and Im getting soooo mf sick of this trope. I am convinced Shep just acts this way because y’all expect him to be a fuckboy and nobody challenges him or holds him to a higher standard. Also, there’s just no way his dick games that good. THERE IS NO WAY.

JD is on the phone with Paula and SURPRISE, Craig basically didnt do shit for this festival yet still wants to be head of the bourbon division. The entitlement is strong with this one. Craigs phone is dead, party casualty, so JD is calling around to all Craigs friends like the angry dad he is. Did I mention this was dumb af, Craig?

Also, LMAO at how hungover they all look. Their hangovers are giving me life.

Craig: I just feel like Im being used to do all the bitchwork and its annoying. I lied, THIS is the whitest thing to happen on this show.

Shep: People take work too seriously. What happened to just drinking beer and laughing your balls off?

Yeah Shep, I think this may be why your restaurant is struggling to pay the rent.

Thomas and Kathryn are discussing the ins and outs of labor, which I will file away for future knowledge. Thomas calls Kathryn an expert at giving birth which is like, kind of rude lol. But I guess also accurate?

Kathryns opening up to Thomas about being alone this time around, looking up at him with big doe eyes, and Thomas is like,SHUT DOWN.

Thomas: The timing is really bad for me, could you just like, not give birth rn?

Kathryn: Thats why I like having you around, youre like a calming presence IDK why.

Kathryn, do you know what calming means? Im starting to think not.

Back at Whitneys, some massage therapist named Megan shows up, and Shep clearly has a boner.

Shep: So youre gonna give us all massages now?

Megan: Its like holding space to really connect more with yourself.

Shep is blatantly sexually harassing this poor girl. JFC. This is so creepy. Tone it the fuck down.

JD & Co. is launching his bourbon line at Charleston Cup, this horse race in Charleston. Craig is nowhere to be found, shockingly.

JD: Work isnt all roses and cherries. Sometimes its dirt and trenches.

Im putting that on a needlepoint for my office.

Sheps not going because his grandpa died. OK thats actually like, very sad. My condolences.

We will now resume with our regularly scheduled program of shit-talking.

Craig is taking forever to get readyCraig and Chad from are both the secret Betches interns.

Craig is hungover with an upset stomach and a sinus infection, which is literally what happens to me every time I drink. AKA right now. We’ll get through this, Craig. Emergen-c and green tea all mf day.

Cams like,

Craig apparently slept in and didnt do anything to help JD set up. Which, Im not surprised by, but again, is a really bad move for when youre trying to show initiative.

Cameran: #NewCraig is starting to run its course because at this point hes becoming #OldCraig

Dannis dropping some random whiskey fun facts and Craig is like, Fuck the bourbon division, Im not sure Craig is qualified to have any job at Gentry HQ, PERIOD. How the fuck is he going to be a lawyer if he never wants to do work? He’s gonna have a rude awakening if he ever makes it to first-year associate (I have heard).

Craig is there for all of two minutes and is already like, fuck this Im leaving.

Oh JK Craig didnt actually leave. JD gives a speech and what do you wanna bet Craig is gonna get shafted in this thank-you speech?

Wait for it..

BOOM. SHAFTED. I called it.

Cameran is so into this race its scary. How much money did she put down on that horse? Judging by her reaction to losing, Id say a lot.

Once again JD is dressed like a 1920s fat cat. Live your truth, JD.

JDs like, and Craig is like,

JD: Do you think you should have gone out of town? Craig: I mean Ive never had to give up a trip for a job so

Oh boy, Craig. I fear for you in the real world. I really do.

At Kathryns, she and Thomas are eating dinner. Kathryns going into labor tomorrow morning. I hope they dont actually film her birth. That would be kind of fucked.

Thomas: I want to have a traditional family, hear the shnookums running around, hear the house fill with laughter.

Lol, “shnookums” only makes me think of one thing:

Thomas: I still love Kathryn, I care about her but Im afraid a day of reckoning is forthcoming.

UH OH.

Kathryn asks Thomas how he feels and he says hes apprehensive and shes like, BRUH, FEEL APPREHENSIVE?!

Kathryn: If I say anything mean to you tomorrow just give me a free pass.

OK thats fair, she is giving birth and all.

Kathryn gets up and eats some generic brand Lucky Charms before giving birth. I take it all back, she really is struggling with money.

OK low blow. Sorry. Kind of.

Seeing the sheer amount of diapers in Kathryns house is enough to make me never forget to take my birth control.

Thomas: For some reason, maybe through divine intervention we were brought together. Steven Spielberg I believe said, Ive made a lot of movies, but my greatest creation of all was a child.

So I wonder at what point Thomas is gonna be like Who am I kidding, theyre gonna drag that out at least over the course of another epsiode.

OK enough shit-talking from me. That baby is cute. What did they name him?? How they gonna leave us hanging like that?

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Source: http://allofbeer.com/southern-charm-recap-can-they-get-any-more-white/

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jimdsmith34 · 6 years