Indy In-Tune

An In-Snide Look #158

1. People who were nominated for "Best of Indy" yesterday, asking their friends to vote for them.
   
   
2. People who weren't nominated telling the people in group 1 to shut up.
   
   
3. People bashing NUVO for obviously not knowing anything about local music, since they never show up to any local shows, and half the bands they nominated for "Best of Indy" are mis-categorized, misspelled, broken up, or hardly ever play shows locally.

• Brett Wiscons, currently nominated for "Best Local Author" holds the record for most appearances on Indy In-Tune (as a solo artist, as a member of the Michaels, and with his former group Great Scott!).  He's a wonderful guy who has been a big supporter of ours for years.  I must admit that I own both of his Bear Whitman books, but haven't read them yet.  I'm going to very soon though, because I'm sure they're awesome!  Because Brett is awesome!  Well ... for a Cubs fan.
  
  
• Woodhouse Day Spa, nominated for "Best Local Spa."  It seems to be a reasonably well-kept secret, but our very own Mighty Mia Kileen works as a masseuse here in what little spare time she has.  It'd be nice to give them some recognition for keeping her off the streets, don't you think?
  
  
• Pole Harmony, nominated for "Best Local Gym/Fitness Joint."  Again, a well-kept secret, but after a battle with the jack-booted thugs at ASCAP, their management plays exclusively local, independent music during their classes.  This has proved quite popular, and as a result, they have probably helped generate more interest in your music than I have been able to.
  
  
• Deep Pocket Foods, nominated for "Best Local Artisan/Maker/Craftperson(s): Food and Drink."  Picture it.  Two old drinking buddies of mine decide to start an empanada empire.  Who is the first person they sponsor and team up with to get the world's greatest bar food alongside the worlds greatest music in venues that formerly had neither?  That's right, Indy In-Tune.
  
  
• Flat 12 Bierwerks, nominated for "Best Indiana Brewery." Our partners for the Battle of Birdy's last year (and again this year), and also a sponsor of our High 5 Radiothon.  Granted, I still don't have a kegerator of Walkabout in Studio B (despite my offer to end every sentence I say on the air with "Buy Flat 12."), but honestly, these guys are tried and true supporters of local music.

• Sam Ash, nominated for "Best Local Instrument/Gear Shop."  Guys, it's Jamie Jackson!  Enough said.  If I haven't told you the story of how he supplied a small SUV load of equipment to Studio B, ask me about it sometime.
  
  
• Grizzly Music, nominated for "Best Recording Studio," is one of a few places our own Brandon/Benjamin Cannon works during the day.  Also co-sponsors with us at the Battle of Birdy's last year.
  
  
• "Best Open-Mic Night" is a very tricky category.  Both Sabbatical and Claude and Annie's are run by our dear friend Mr. Kolo Bell, and both are excellent, well-run open stages that have given rise to several great acts in this city.  Kolo is certainly deserving of all of our recognition, and either venue is worthy of your vote.

(* Note: I'm not going to tell you who to vote for in the music-related categories, and please don't ask me who I voted for.  I do this every year, and it's like being forced to pick my favorite child.) 

Darrin Snider is the OCD music nerd responsible for creating Indy In-Tune. By day he's a cloud engineer and business analyst, but he still hopes to someday be an overnight freeform disc jockey married to the local weathergirl who happens to be a former eastern-European supermodel.