Yes our boy Joe is new a Papa! We are stoked to welcome Booker Terry into the world! Congrats to Joe and Kelly! Our second offspring of the year after Don and Tara’s Hazel was born! Future Rockers of America!
the Poison Control Center’s Patrick Tape Fleming will be joined by a Children’s Choir to sing the Beatles, “ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE,” at the Public Art opening of Dangos on the Des Moines River walk! Everyone is welcome to come sing along, at Noon on Nov 13th in Down Town Des Moines!
Thurs Nov 7th Patrick new project Gloom Balloon will be playing @vaudevillmews in Des Moines with the great Dave Dondero! The show is at 6pm. And Patrick will be joined by Chris Ford on the horn.. This show is all ages! Come out hang!
Also the Iowa City Song Project is finally here.. You can purchase it at all Iowa Music stores, online via Itunes, or just go to the record label!
www.maximumamesrecords.com
Tune into KFMG 99.1 today from 2pm to 5pm as our very own Patrick hosts Iowa Home Grown.. He will be playing all music from Iowa, and even delving into some classics from Iowa’s yesteryears!
He will also be featuring the brand new album, The Iowa City Song Project! And has a few special guest coming in.. Chris Ford or Christopher the Conquered, Derek Lambert from Derek Lambert and the Prairie Fires, and Elliot Imes from Tyborn Jig!
Patrick will be playing lots of unreleased tunes and talking Iowa Music! Tune in at 99.1 FM in Des Moines or at KFMG991.org online!
Patrick Tape Fleming will be playing 2 sets of tunes starting at 7:30 at Raccoon River Brewing Company on Wed. Oct 31st as a part of their Song Writers Series!
Right now he has a list of over 50 songs he has written for either the Poison Control Center or Gloom Balloon that our possible songs to play! Come out and drink some brews, eat some food, hear some tunes… It’s Free!
Also today is the day our label mate Dolfish releases his debut album that was recorded here in Des Moines! With Patrick, Chris Ford, Dylan Boyle, Dustin Harmsen, and Derek Lambert… It’s a gem and you can get it Pay What You Want digitally of on beautiful 150 gram Virgin Vinyl!
www.afternoonrecords.com
The Poison Control Center’s song Scary Monsters is featured on You Ain’t No Picasso’s 2012 Halloween Mix.. Check it out…
http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/2012/10/26/mp3s-you-aint-no-picassos-halloween-2012-mix/
We had an amazing weekend of shows! Thanks to everyone who came out as we covered ZIGGY STARDUST and everyone who danced hard up at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin!
Also big thanks to Ryan and Elliot for playing bass with us and Chris Ford for opening for us on Saturday! Love ya all
The Poison Control Center’s Devin and Patrick get interviewed by the great Lindsay Fullington on DSM BAND BOMBSHELL about everything from Scary Music, Costumes, Halloween Candy, Movies and David Bowie.. Check it out…
http://dsmbandbombshell.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/qa-dsms-spookiest-tribute-show/
Thanks DSM BAND BOMBSHELL FOR BEING SO RAD!
Dont forget we get Bowie on this Friday at Peoples and then we played Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin on Saturday see you soon!
Listen to the brand new Poison Control Center song, Old Capital City from the Iowa City Song Project thanks to DSM BAND BOMBSHELL!
Our favorite new Iowa Music Blog is debuting our brand new song from the Iowa City Song Project! You can listen to it here!
http://dsmbandbombshell.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/poison-control-center-track-debut/
This is the first PCC song Don has played on co-wrote since the Sad Sour Future days!
Thanks to DSM BAND BOMBSHELL for debuting the track and thanks to our dear friends at the Englert Theatre and Maximum Ames Records for putting out this killer LP!
Pre-order it now at www.maximumamesrecords.com
Happy Birthday to the one and only Devin Frank. Dev turns the big 29 today which means he is now only a couple years away from saying he has been in the Poison Control Center the majority of his life!
Devin joined the band when he was 16 and even then he was a handsome man who had great taste in music, movies, and hell places to eat! He the best guitar player in the world and damn fine song writer too! I love him to death and I hope everyone comes out on Friday when we do ZIGGY to buy him a B-day drink or two!
Happy Birthday buddy!
Stream the new DOLFISH record! Our tour/label mate Dolfish’s debut album will be released on Afternoon Records on October 30th.
Paste Magazine is letting you listen early right here..
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/10/album-stream-dolfish–id-rather-disappear-than-sta.html
Our very own Patrick Tape Fleming produced this record and plays on it with other Des Moinians Derek Lambert, Chris Ford, Dylan Boyle, and Dustin Harmsen. If you like great songwriting and lo-fi production give the record a listen and go see him on his epic tour!