Just launched the other day by Nikita Andrews, it's called 705Quarterly, and it looks to focus on arts, music, culture, and fashion in the Sault area! Articles on local talent and products are planned, with sections based around health, fitness, beauty, music, art, photography, architecture and interior design! Note that music is among these, so that's where it falls into SMS-appropriate news! It will have a daily blog and will have new issues published quarterly (that's every 3 months), but we know little else at the moment. The official website is "coming soon", and the search is still out for potential featured articles and the like! And this is where you, the metalheads and music lovers of Sault Ste. Marie come in! If YOU are a local musician, solo or band, and would like to possibly featured in a future issue of 705Quarterly, e-mail band information and website links (but NOT attachments) to either artists@705quarterly.com or music@705quarterly.com! There's no genre resrictions at all, so if you want some local coverage, why not send them something! It would be cool to see metal in this though!Also, if any of you guys have aspirations to be a freelance writer, the offer's out there if you want to have an article or interview of your own to be featured there! Submit journalistic-type writing samples to writers@705quarterly.com if you're interested in that! Yes, this could lead to something metal-related depending on the person, so it has some SMS-relevant possibilities. And for all updates and information on 705Quarterly as it comes in, click here! (The discussion board has the open requests for bands/writers.) Sounds potentially very good to me, here's hoping it succeeds where others failed!
Next up, we have some updates from your favourite local college radio station, WLSO 90.1 FM: The Sounds of Lake State! They mostly concern their website, which got some minor upgrades, though it's still largely a Joomla shell. The winner of the station's logo contest still hasn't been announced (at least not publicly), so their old/current logo remains on the site. There is some new updates from the station posted there by WLSO's Brian Springett, who mentions that the station is still looking for on-air DJs, so e-mail klschnepp@lssu.edu if you're a current student at Lake Superior State University who would like to DJ on 90.1 FM! The station also has open positions for Business Manager, Music Director, and Mobile Director, so if you want a big job at the station, head to the Campus Life Office at LSSU for application forms! And finally, Brian reminds us that if you want WLSO to do live broadcasting or mobile DJing at an event, call them at (906) 635-7504!Nice to finally see them update the site after 7 months, I was wondering if something would happen with that! Remember to listen to WLSO at 90.1 FM or at this location to enjoy a wide variety of student-programmed music, including some awesome metal blocks! I'll keep you posted with more WLSO news as I hear it, as well as any updates to the logo contest!
Now I have two minor updates concerning the Kewadin Casino 25th Anniversary Fesitval in July! We all know what's planned for it by now, the post below has everything we know so far, but it's making the rounds to local news! SooToday posted Kewadin's news release online at this location, while The Sault Star's Frank Dobrovnik has an actual article about it that you can check out by clicking here! I notice that Frank mentioned that Kewadin Casino has always held day-long "annual summer blowouts" in previous years, though I can't recall them hyping that as such. Still, this year's would blow those out of the water! The most substantial news article I've seen since the announcement comes courtesy of SooNews.ca, which features interview excerpts from Kewadin Casino marketing/sales vice president Alan Bouschor! In it, he does confirm that "local and regional bands" will be the "live entertainment" performing from noon onwards each day, among other statements. Read that article at this location! And finally, a Facebook event page is up for it, confirm your attendance by clicking here! This should be one hell of a festival, especially with Meat Loaf, Three Doors Down, and (for us metalheads) Vince Neil & Bret Michaels headlining! I'll keep you posted with updates!And finally, three quick news stories to close this assorted news post:
- I recently attended the NHL Alumni vs. Law Enforcement hockey game at The Essar Center, which I won tickets for on SooToday! Why do I mention this? It's because of an ad in the program, which has tons of local business advertisements. On page 40, there's an ad for a business called "Action Music" on 81 Letcher Street, with full address and phone number attached. I searched Google Street View to see what this was and it led me to a house out near Goulais Avenue. I'm thinking this is a music lessons place, but I have no idea for sure. Anyone have some info on Action Music?
- A new artist has been added to the lineup of May 8th's Destroilet concert at Coch's Corner! Toronto rapper Unknown Mizery joins The Hobo Banditos as the featured attractions for this unique genre hybrid concert, for which Destroilet are opening! Nothing else about this concert has changed. Unknown Mizery isn't bad as far as rappers go, check him out! Very intriguing concert, especially with the genre clash, hopefully it's a huge success!
- Remember that possible Doom Cannon hardcore concert on May 8th that was being tested for it's potential viability? Well, promoter Jasmin Nott e-mailed confirmed attendees of the possible show's Facebook group to remind people to invite their friends to attend, because the more people that confirm to go, the lower the door price is! That, plus her open reminder for bands to message her if they want to play the show (click here if you want to), leads me to think the show is closer to happening than not happening. I'll keep you all posted!
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