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I recently came across this guy, because he is playing a show in Detroit and I am helping promote the show. I had the chance to check out some of his music, and loved the soul in his music, and this is what I love about hip-hop. When the music talks about a relevant issue. When it’s poetry over music. When people listen to it and the words speak to their soul. Then I love it.

So bring on Same Love.. a controversially issue and song..and this is without one of the biggest issues facing America today. The idea of Gay Marriage.

Chick-fila recently spoke out how they felt about the issue and now it’s causing a huge huge huge problem.

Listen to the song, read the lyrics and let me know your thoughts on the song, the issue.

Adrian

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It’s been forever it seems like.. is this thing on? Remember when blogging was the thing to do. You’d pour out everything and hope a random person would read it… and then relate… and then some how you would chat with that person on AIM or ICQ and become best online friends. You’d sit at a computer for hours chatting with this person you never knew, but sorta knew… and it was all because you had the guts to be open, and honest. The thing is regardless if it’s online or in person I have found most people just want that ability to connect and to be heard.

What’s funny is that regardless of the jobs I have had and I have had a lot, most of them teach that people just want to be listened to. You want to know what makes a good boss? One that will listen to their employees and feel like their input is being valued. Want to know what makes good customer service? Knowing the customers’ voices are being heard, and being understood. Same with teaching, same with coaching, same with relationships.

So why is it so hard?

Hello!

You know?

Anyways I was just thinking about that for some reason. I got Abandon Kansas playing in the background and the lyric

“Livin’ the dream ain’t so dreamy, darlin’.” was stuck in my head.

I can relate. I heard what Jeremy is saying or at least what I thought. Pursuing what you think your supposed to be doing is hard. Especially when it doesn’t pay off like you think it should. Especially when your expectations are not met, like how you think they should. Then the dream isn’t really dreamy is it?

So what do you do? Persevere, keep moving, or pursue something else?

I am sure THAT thought has ran through everyone’s mind. At what point should you just switch to something else?

Anyway, maybe I should do this more often I haven’t blogged/updated about music in awhile and honestly when you do Social Media stuff for a living it doesn’t leave the desire to want to do it personally. Truthfully I got that lyric I mentioned earlier stuck in my head and figured I would update the blog while Mountain Lion installs on my laptop. So you see… this is just a way to kill time, but I enjoy it. I tell myself I need to do this more often, and maybe I will.

On a different note, since it’s been all over the news. What the HELL was going through James Holmes’ mind when he shot up that theater. Dude what a waste.. I feel sad for him, his family, the victims family.. evil won, but there is still hope. There is still hope for him, for his family, for the victims. It just sucks that there is that sort of evil in the world, that people take it upon themselves to end someone’s life.

What is nuts is that those people had NO IDEA what-so-ever that their time was going to end… That a guy was going to walk into the theater, shoot it up, and then walk out. Insane.

Oh look Mountain Lion is done and so am I.

Peace.

Adrian

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I pass by this building almost every time I go into Deep Ellum, but I have never really thought about it’s history or why it was there. So, last night when I was at the House of Heroes show I decided to take a picture of it, and do a little research about the Old Union Bankers Building.

Then I found this on the Deep Ellum Foundation website…

Union Bankers Trust Building, located at 2551 Elm Street, is one of the better known Landmarks in Deep Ellum. Constructed in 1916 as the Grand Temple of the Knights of Pythias, the building was designed by African-American architect William Sydney Pittman, the state’s first black architect and the son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. In addition to serving as the state headquarters for the Knights,the temple housed some of the city’s earliest offices for black doctors, dentists and lawyers and served as the social and cultural center for the African- American community until the late 1930s. The building was Pittman’s largest built work. Other Dallas Landmarks within Deep Ellum include The Palace Shop at 2814 Main Street (ca. 1913) and Parks Brothers Warehouse at 2639 Elm Street (ca. 1923).

I decided to put the building in black and white because its been vacant for years for as long as I can remember. Would anyone take that building and restore it? Or will it eventually be left there to rot and fade away.

The way it stands is pretty interesting, but I can’t imagine what it would be like inside. If it’s possible to even get inside. Anyways I thought the picture in black and white represented the building pretty good.

Vacant.

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Relient K’s, K is for Karaoke EP is out today on Mono vs Stereo. The EP was produced by Mark Lee Townsend and Matthew Thiessen and can be purchased on Warped Tour and online. The band is also set to release a full length covers album on October 4 both in stores and online.

“The album’s most halcyon moments are a too-good-to-be-true version of “Doctor Worm” and a can’t miss version of “Surf Wax America.” Long-time fans will certainly find this enjoyable, and somewhere, most likely on Twitter, John Flansburg and John Linnell are writing thank you notes to Thiessen, Hoopes and the clan. They Might Be Giants have never sounded better” – Absolute Punk

Relient K on the Vans Warped Tour 2011 –

Wed 6/29 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field
Thu 6/30 Las Vegas, NV Plaza Hotel – Parking Lot
Fri 7/1 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Sat 7/2 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun 7/3 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Wed 7/6 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre
Thu 7/7 Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri 7/8 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat 7/9 Tinley Park, IL (Chicago) First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 7/10 Shakopee, MN (Minneapolis) Canterbury Park
Tue 7/12 Darien Center, NY (Buffalo) Darien Lake Fields
Wed 7/13 Mansfield, MA (Boston) Comcast Center
Thu 7/14 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Fri 7/15 Mississauga, ON (Toronto) The Flats at Arrow Hall
Sat 7/16 Montreal, QC Parc Jean-Drapeau
Sun 7/17 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Tue 7/19 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Wed 7/20 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Thu 7/21 Camden, PA (Philadelphia) Susquehanna Bank Center
Fri 7/22 Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh) First Niagara Pavilion
Sat 7/23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sun 7/24 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue 7/26 Columbia, MD (D.C) Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed 7/27 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 7/28 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Amphitheatre
Mon 8/1 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
Tue 8/2 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 8/4 Council Bluffs, IA Westfair Fairgrounds
Fri 8/5 Denver, CO Invesco Field at Mile High
Sat 8/6 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 8/7 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
Tue 8/9 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
Wed 8/10 Carson, CA (Los Angeles) Cal State Dominguez Hills
Thu 8/11 Marysville, CA (Sacramento) Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Fri 8/12 Nampa, ID (Boise) Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 8/13 George, WA (Seattle) Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 8/14 Hillsboro, OR (Portland) Washington County Fairgrounds

Adrian Hummel is an Afternoon Drive rock radio dj & Music Director from Dallas Texas currently at 89.7 Power FM (kvrk) Read his full bio to learn more about him. Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest interviews and music news!

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The final season of Entourage is starting up on July 24th. This is a show I have watched since the beginning and while some seasons were good, I feel lately that the last couple (seasons) were just alright. Vinny’s mix up with drugs was predictable and while every good show must come to an end I think this one is due for closure. I predict the guys will go out on top, it’s the only way the show will receive the most closure from its fans. On the flip-side if Vinny continues to spiral out on control that will cause the most dramatic finish. It will be interesting to see how the writers end the final season of Entourage.

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Facedown Records is offering a 11 song sampler for anyone who “likes” them on Facebook.
If you are a fan of heavy music this sampler will have some stuff for you. There are new songs from Hands, My Epic, Altars, Call To Preserve, Onward to Olympas, Hope for the Dying and more. Get the sampler by visiting them on Facebook link at http://facedownrecords.com/

Facedown Records Summer 2011 Sampler:

HANDS – I Will (4:07)
HOPE FOR THE DYING – Transcend (7:20)
GIDEON – Virtue (3:16)
MY EPIC – deathbed (4:18)
CALL TO PRESERVE – Exploit, Neglect, Condemn (2:37)
ARK OF THE COVENANT – Locusts Look Like Horses (3:36)
DYNASTY – Worthless Will (2:29)
ONWARD TO OLYMPAS – The War Within Us (4:05)
ALTARS – Severance (2:50)
ACE AUGUSTINE – Delorean (3:43)
OVERCOME – Campaign Of Sabotage (4:17)

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A Southwest Airlines pilot forgot to turn off his mic and went on a rant. Big mistake because everyone heard him and he was suspended by Southwest Airlines. He will be reinstated after he goes through a diversity training provided by Southwest.

Southwest Airlines released this statement in regards to the pilots comments.

We are committed and dedicated to maintaining the highest standard of ethics in the industry; in fact we’ve built our Company’s reputation on the Golden Rule: treating others as you would like to be treated, with concern, care and respect. The actions of this Pilot are, without question, inconsistent with the professional behavior and overall respect that we require from our Employees. The Pilot in question has been reprimanded, receiving a suspension without pay for a length of time. Prior to being reinstated, he underwent additional diversity education to reinforce the Company’s expectations for all Employees to demonstrate respect for others. The pilot is remorseful and has formally apologized to both FAA Controllers and his base Leadership. Southwest’s Flight Operations Leadership has also sent an apology to Southwest Flight Attendants and his fellow Pilots.

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Fast Forward to the 2:30 mark to hear fail.

Rick Perry might be running for President in 2012 and I can’t help but laugh how he fulfills every stereo type of talking like a Texan. Follow me on TWEETER.  Rick it’s Twitter.

TWIT-TER

TWIT-HER

not TWEET-HER

Follow the Gov-ner on Tweeter and let’s see if he runs for President.

Oh, dang now I am typin like a Texun.

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Katy Perry is on the cover of Rolling Stone again and in the interview she is talking about Universal Heatlh Care, big money, and praying for breasts?

“I started praying for [breasts] when I was, like, 11,” she says. “And God answered that prayer above and beyond, by, like, 100 times, until I was like, ‘Please, stop, God. I can’t see my feet anymore. Please stop!’” she recalls. The quick development led to taunts in adolescence. “I didn’t know I could use them. So, what I did was, I started taping them down. How long did I tape them down for? Probably until I was about 19. And, no, I don’t have any psychological pain because of it.”

The juxtaposition between her and her father is so different and interesting. I had a chance to talk to him about his career as a preacher and his daughter as a pop star. I honestly wonder what he thinks about when he reads these interviews his daughters does. Hear the interview below.

 

Keith Hudson (Katy Perry’s father) by adrianhummel 

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This new video debuted today on Altpress.com, and is the first single off of Deas Vail’s new self titled album which comes out in stores September 6th. The album was co-produced by Matt Hoopes of Relient K.

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Tooth and Nail is giving out free music from their labels. It’s pretty easy to connect with all you have to do is go to freetoothandnail.com and connect with Facebook and then you should be able to get prompted with a download. Try it out and let me know if it has worked for you. The last couple times I have visited the website it has done nothing.

The sampler has song good bands on it. The Almost, Ivoryline, Thousand Foot Krutch have all put out strong releases.

Have you been able to score some free music?

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This is nothing. However I have seen so many posts and tweets about fried Kool-Aid I had to check it out and see what the details were. The reason I say this is nothing is because if you live in Texas you know that the state fair has this kind of stuff every year.

Here is a top 10 list of the most popular fried foods the State Fair of Texas has to offer.

1. Fletcher’s Corny Dog
2. Fernie’s Funnel Cakes
3. Fried Lemonade
4. Fried Chocolate
5. Fried Latte
6. Deep Fried Oreos
7. Texas Fried Frito Pie
8. Fried Coke
9. Chicken Fried Bacon
10. Fried Broccoli and Cheese

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