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Welcome to Playground Music's eighth edition of Weekend Music Links. If you have any favorite blogs, message boards, videos, sites, bands, upcoming events, or anything else that you think deserves a mention, please send them our way. We love to get your feedback!

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LOCAL NEWS

Tonight Steve Wiggins will be performing a live set at the Marina Civic Center's Backstage Pass Concert Series and from 6:30 to 8:00 they'll be recording the show for a live album.

LOCAL ARTISTS

Will Therrien

This week we have a video!




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LOCAL EVENTS

The News Herald has a great page listing weekly summer music events.
Check it out: Summer Concerts Will Have a Backstage Twist.


Individual Events

The Carolinas, Lily White, and The Bookends Live at the Rabbit Hole
Friday, August 14
6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Rabbit Hole on Harrison Ave.
$5
Check their Facebook Event Page for more info.

Chris Godber in Concert
Saturday, August 15
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Grand Ridge Baptist Church
2093 Porter Ave
Grand Ridge, FL
Facebook Event Page

Marisa Joy Williams Benefit Concert
Saturday, August 15
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Springfield United Methodist Church
701 School Ave.
Panama City, FL
Come for an evening of Christian music presented by Donna Williams accompanied by Alan Mullikin at a concert to raise funds for Joy Park to be built at Springfield United Methodist Church.
Facebook Event Page

Chris Godber in God Bless America Concert
Saturday, September 12, 2009
11:00am - 2:00pm
Panama City Mall
Join Chris and many other artists at the Panama City Mall for a Free Concert! This is an inside event and should be in the center of the mall or on the Dillard's Wing. (More details to come....) Do a little shopping, listen to some music, it's all good! Chris goes on at 12:00PM.
Facebook Event Page

Ongoing Events

Backstage Pass Concert Series
Steve Wiggins (BLUES) Performs Tonight!!
Dark and cool speakeasy atmosphere. Show up early and tour the backstage area. Local bands and you on stage!
Friday Nights from July 24th-August 28th
6:30 - 8:00
Marina Civic Center (Stage Entrance at Northeast corner of building)
$5
Tickets are available in advance - online at www.marinaciviccenter.com and at Civic Center box office window.
More information on their Facebook Event Page.
Steve Wiggins' MySpace.

Live in Concert at the Martin Theatre
Sundays from now through Sept. 13
The Martin Theatre Green Room
3 - 7 p.m.
$2
This week featuring Jerry Mincey.
Details:
3 to 4 pm is a meet and greet with the artists,
at 4 we begin recording the show for WKGC.
Come and be a part of the show. 5PM to 7PM is music and more music.
Every week Lucky Mudd opens up the the afternoon of music for a different musical guest.
For more details visit Emerald Coast Studio.com.

Will Therrien
Will's Wednesdays-7 pm @ Mellow Mushroom on the beach.
Saturdays - 8 pm @ Joey's Coffee Shop on Front Beach Road

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz!
On Wednesday nights, jazz fans have numerous options:

*Jazz Vocalist Suzanne Stewart-McDowell performs in the patio at the Los Antojitos Restaurant from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The restaurant is located about a mile east of the bridge on the edge of St. Andrews on Hwy. 98.

*Musician Steve Wiggins heads up a lively jam session at the Grand Panama Coffee Shop adjacent to the Edgewater Resort on Font Beach Road.

*Jazz Jam at the Granite Cafe (on the corner of Beck Ave and 10th St. in St. Andrews)from 6 - 10 pm. Bring an instrument and a bit of rhythm and join the jam!

YOUTUBE TALENT

* School Band season is about to be in full swing, so as we kick off the season here's a jolt for all the drummers out there: Blue Devils Drum Corps.

* Virtuoso Violinist Roby Lakatos delivers a stirring rendition of Csardas. Give this thing a minute and, say 12 seconds, to kick in...blazing speed. Nice tune.

LINKS/NEWS

* The Texas Tech University Music Theory Department maintains a nice blog with some relevant music-related content. They have a weekly Metal Monday post focusing on, well, Metal. This week they had an interesting post that focused on the late Cliff Burton, the Metallica bassist who died in a plane crash in 1984 (Correction-tour bus incident-thanks to Otto Akin for the correction). The post helps remind us that being Metal doesn't mean you have to be simplistic in music appreciation or apathetic in your practice regimen. This entry proves quite the opposite actually, and sheds a bit more light on why Metallica would become the quintessential metal band.

* Newest gimmick to attract attention for cultural attractions: The Twitter Opera. (Thanks to wannaplaybynamm for the link)

* NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series turns its lenses and mics to The Swell Season this week. The Swell Season is a band composed of two members: Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, the stars of the Academy Award winning film Once.

TOTALLY RANDOM

* For you non-sci-fi fans...sorry-more Star Wars. Nick Burch linked this in his blog covering the evolution of media and advertising. He pointed out how the internet seems to randomly spawn moments of creative brilliance, and to prove the point he references Stefan's Stormtrooper 365 Project on flickr. Each day Stefan uploads a new picture of stormtrooper action figures in different creative poses. The project began on April 9, and is promised to continue until April 8 of next year, so if you're a Warsie (or Warser, if that's less offensive), get your daily dose of Star Wars and creative photography from the same source.


Well, that's all for this week. Thanks for reading!