"Hey Fred!" and everything else moving to Wordpress

At the advice of trusted confidants - and some half-assed research of my own - starting today "Hey Fred" and everything else will be housed at http://screenofdistance.wordpress.com/ Theatre reviews will continue to appear at http://www.columbusunderground.com/tag/richard-sanford Record reviews will continue to appear at http://www.agitreader.com/ You know where to find ...

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“Hey, Fred!” 05/18/2015-05/24/2015 A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five

Another week I'm out of town for most of so apologies if this is distracted or hasty but there's some amazing stuff coming through town. Theatre The Christians by Lucas Hnath presented by Available Light Theatre. Riffe Center, 77 S High St. Available Light ends their season - which already included some of the best work they've ever done, like Quixote and She Kills Monsters - with what promises to be a bang. Hnath's The Christians was...

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“Hey, Fred!” A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five for the Week Of 05/11/2015-05/17/2015

Visual Art May 15: Spring Exhibition Opening and conversation with Catherine Opie and Jack Whitten. Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N High St.  I couldn't be more excited for a visual art opening this year than the Spring shows at the Wexner Center. Catherine Opie is one of my favorite photographers working today, since I first saw her work at the Wexner Center in the group show Hard Targets in early 2010 and soon after saw a show of...

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“Hey, Fred!” A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five for the Week Of 05/04/2015-05/10/2015

Music May 4: Guerrilla Toss. Ace of Cups, 2619 N High St. Boston's Guerilla Toss are a five piece specializing in anarchic, unhinged avant-funk. Led by electrifying frontwoman Kassie Carlson, the band calls back to noise as a primal body music and to the steady, rocking dance beat as a trojan horse for opening your mind up and rewiring the pathways in your brain to augment receptivity. The local side of the bill is pretty stacked as well, with...

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"Hey, Fred!" 04/27/15-05/03/15 A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five

A rare all-music week of "Hey, Fred!" and even more stuff I couldn't fit on. Go out and see some shit this week, Columbus. Music April 28: Are You Fucking Kidding Me? A 50th Birthday Celebration of Quinn Fallon. Little Rock Bar, 944 N 4th St. Quinn Fallon's been a mainstay on the Columbus music scene for as long as I've been aware of the music scene. As a singer, songwriter, bandleader, benefit organizer, bartender at some of our key venues...

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"Hey, Fred!" 04/20/15-04/26/15 A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five

Theatre April 20-21: The Aliens by Annie Baker. OSU Lab Series, Drake Performance Space, 1849 Cannon Drive, room 2060. The Ohio State University wraps up a year of fascinating, cutting edge work in their Lab Series with a production - I believe the first in the Columbus area - of one of the finest and most acclaimed plays of the last 10 years. Annie Baker's The Aliens takes place behind a Vermont coffee shop where nervous teenaged...

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"Hey, Fred!" 04/13/15-04/19/15 A Biased and Idiosyncratic Top Five

Music April 14: Charlie Hunter Trio. Natalie's Coal-Fired Pizza, 5610 N High St. Guitarist Charlie Hunter has practically defined a method of playing the 7 and 8-string guitar in a way that eschews wanky virtuosity and trained seal antics. His playing rotates on sensuality. a bone-deep understanding of R&B but with the wild melodic flights of the greatest jazz players. His writing and his choice of repertoire are as good as his playing....

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