By Pat Fleming on July 5, 2010
Well it’s 7:15 am, my band the Poison Control Center finished up the weekend with another free 80/35 after Party at the Vaudeville Mews and it was amazing! Tons of people, a horn section featuring members of Pennyhawk, the Mumfords, and Christopher the Conquered joined us and what a way to end an absolutely perfect [...]
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By Andrew Duffelmeyer on July 5, 2010
The weather couldn’t keep us down and another 80/35 went off without a hitch again this year. It was great to see so many people come out today despite the nasty weather and enjoy all the artists in downtown Des Moines. Although everything I saw was good, I have to say Spoon, Christopher the Conquered [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
Well the fest is coming to a killer close, I have never seen so many people in one spot EVER in Des Moines! I caught a bit of the Heavy and it was very interesting, tons of people digging on it! Modest Mouse was playing the hits and it was pretty darn enjoyable seeing how [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
Man I had a great hour, a while back caught a bit of the BASS pumping Cool Kids and they were so fantastic, great rhymes, and killer stage presence! Totally awesome! Pitchforkmedia and hometown boy Marc Hogan, was rapping along in the VIP section! I loved it! Then onto check out a bit of Dar [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
A few nights ago on tour the Poison Control Center played in Lincoln, NE and we met a dad and his too rad kids, at the show, They were from OK CITY, on their way to 80/35 it was so cool that they stopped to see PCC and I just ran into them at the [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
Man the rain aint keep us down! People are really having an amazing time, the rain keeps a coming off and on, and its fun seeing everyone in their coolest clothes drenched! I LOVE IT! It’s perfect! I have been catching some of the FINEST Ames, IA (my hometown) talent at the Des Moines social [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
Well now Im soaked I just did our free little acoustic show for the Yellowbrick Mag booth and there was so many people who came to see us, that we felt so blessed we needed to be out with them so we unplugged the guitars and played to them in the pouring rain and it [...]
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By Pat Fleming on July 4, 2010
WOW, I got over a hair late to catch Avi Buffalo but Devin told me they were incredible! I also heard amazing things about the WALKMEN’s set! So bummed i missed them both but I was there for the entire Christopher the Conquered set which was one of the greatest shows I have ever seen [...]
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By Jill Haverkamp on July 4, 2010
A special thanks to all our photographers this year: Phil Thomson, Steve Fry, Viken Koundakjian, Karla Conrad, and Eric J Hermann. Here are some of my favorite photos thus far: Earl Greyhound bringing it down on the Kum & Go stage. Their performance was amazing, one of my favorites so far this year, and you [...]
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By Andrew Duffelmeyer on July 4, 2010
Christopher the Conquered easily became my favorite free stage show at this year’s 80/35, providing great music, theatrics and humor into an excellent show that certainly grabbed them some more fans. Imagine a deranged Elton John and you’ve basically found Christopher the Conquered. Great vocals, great keyboard work and a stellar backing band make them [...]
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