LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Tym Morrison), Weekend Concert Previews, And Album Re-Release Updates!!

Let's get our first news post of the month rolling before it gets too late, and it's half devoted to weekend concert previews (one being a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT), and half to big updates on an upcoming album re-release. Now, here's what you should know!

Local classic/hard rock solo guitarist Tym Morrison will return to Reggie's Place for another early matinee concert THIS SUNDAY NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, Tym only announced this show via it's Facebook event page on Monday. After a three week break from public concerts at any locale, this will be Tym's first stop at the downtown Reggie's in about a month, and while I don't know if the scheduling is intentional, this is the third straight month where Tym was booked to play there on the first SUNDAY of said month. Should we be expecting him back there on January 2nd? Time will tell, but Tym's diverse and deep setlist of rock favourites and out-of-genre selections should go over well with Reggie's patrons and fans alike once again. Tym will be on at 3:00 PM THIS SUNDAY, there's no cover charge, prepare for a 19+ age limit, and vaccine passports are still mandatory for events like these. 

And as usual, please honour and respect Reggie's social distancing and public health measures to ensure everyone's safety, especially with the rise in case counts in the district and the new omicron variant emerging. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Tym live!

Next up, here's previews of shows this weekend that had plenty of advance notice (though I do apologize for not getting this preview up until just now), as Marquette, Michigan hard rock cover quartet Spun will play their second and final E.U.P. concert weekend of 2021 when they rock The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT! Announced by the casino in the summer, fans may have seen the Nudge. successors at The Rapids Lounge at Sault Ste. Marie's Kewadin branch three months ago, ending Spun's three year break from shows in our neck of the woods. It's great to see Spun back already, and hopefully the guys deliver more crowd friendly hard rock hits for Mackinac County fans tonight & tomorrow! These are 9:00 PM gigs with no cover charges and 21+ age limits.

Again, please be mindful of public health measures from the casino/lounge and do your part to mask up where needed & make sensible choices so no one leaves sicker than when they arrived. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Spun live a few years back!

Let's head north to Sault Ontario to finish this post via big news on a highly anticipated album re-release! As we mentioned on the SMS back in May, veteran local punk musician Mikey Hawdon's new indie label Soolebrity Records were working on a remaster of early-mid 1990s local punk band Room 206's 1994 album "2 Innies & An Outie", limited to just 206 copies exclusively on vinyl records. You can get full details from this YouTube trailer for the remaster. Without social media accounts for Soolebrity Records or Room 206, public updates have been minimal since, but Mikey revealed on his personal Facebook page on November 24th that the remaster is finished and if you pre-ordered one, your copies can be picked up at The Rad Zone starting on December 22nd! This was shared to the Mike's Lunch Music Facebook group through The Borderline, so there's a public source for the details.

If you live out of town but pre-ordered a copy, Mikey probably contacted you by now, but message him on Facebook or through soolebrity@gmail.com if you have any questions, or want to order any of the remaining copies (they run for $40, but this is a limited time print run of only 206 records). As far as I know, you can't buy a copy from The Rad Zone, I believe they're just where pre-orderers will pick the album up. The pictures that Mikey shared with the post confirm the cover artwork (the above image is a Photoshop recreation) and track listing, which won't be a surprise if you have the original tape, but non-album songs "Good Enough" (from the "Punk: The Next Generation" compilation CD) and "I'll Be Around" are the bonus songs recorded by modern day supergroups. Intriguingly, the vinyl records are in a translucent gold colour, and they crammed all ten songs onto one side.

No word on if the other side of the disc is repeats, nothing, or something else entirely, but I'll be able to find out for myself in 19 days, as I absolutely pre-ordered a copy of "2 Innies & An Outie", and unless something really unforeseen happens, it will be our 150th monthly CD (well, album) review on the SMS later this month!  We'll keep you guys posted with more on this long awaited Room 206 remaster when it comes out, but see above for full details, and look for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!