Nickell’s Bag

TONS happening this week in the Missoula opera scene — and who would have ever thought I’d be saying THAT?
First off, in today’s Entertainer, Jamie Kelly wrote up next week’s return of Opera on Draft, the popular pub series of performances put on by Montana Lyric Opera, which returns to the Badlander next Wednesday, and [...]

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For those who pine for the days of school fairs and cakewalks and such, today’s a day to jump in that wayback machine and play a game of musical chairs. You might even win some dough. Here’s the press release about it from UM…
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This is just too weird. It’s apparently some kind of viral marketing campaign for Juicy Fruit gum. The connection between stale sugary sticks of gum, and a unicorn walking around in a magical forest singing Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” is alas quite lost on me. And yet something tells me [...]

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I received word of an upcoming Haiti relief concert in Missoula too late to get anything into last week’s Entertainer. Too bad, as it sounds like an event that would have widespread interest. Here’s the press release:
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Got word of an art contest involving Spirographs, those cool old art toys of yore, which apparently are making something of a comeback. You can even win money. What other excuse do you need??? Here’s the press release.
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It’s hard to verify hip-hop trio Dam’s claim as the “first and leading Palestinian rap group.” But no doubt, the group’s visit is surely the first time that Missoula has hosted a crew of rappers from that troubled region of the world.
Founded in the Palestinian slums of Lod, a mixed Arab and Jewish community near [...]

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Local gothic metal band Walking Corpse Syndrome has followed quite a winding path since the release of its first album in 2008.
Almost a year ago, the band was approached by a longtime friend of guitarist Matthew Bile. The friend was living in Los Angeles, rooming with a certain well-known music producer. The producer had offered [...]

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Earlier this week, stoner faves Slightly Stoopid announced their summer tour (including a stop at Ryan Creek Meadows, about a half-hour east of Missoula) on 4/20 — the unofficial holiday of pot lovers nation-wide.
Today, it’s Earth Day; and we get another un-coincidentally timed news release about another big event about a half-hour east of Missoula: [...]

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This morning, driving to work, I noticed a large bus parked on West Broadway with signs proclaiming something about a “Vice Verses” tour. Got to work, and had an announcement of a pretty intriguing event in my email inbox, from Badlander/Palace co-owner Chris Henry. Check it out:
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This time, it’s no hoax: Slightly Stoopid will kick off a summer series of concerts at Ryan Creek Meadows east of Missoula with a June 22 performance.
The band, which was one of three acts mentioned in an elaborately orchestrated hoax announcement of a free downtown concert this spring, will perform an outdoor concert as part [...]

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