Author: Brian Koscho
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Shilpa Ray at Smiling Skull This Saturday: An Aquabear Interview
Our good friends over at Blackout our presenting a great show this Saturday, March 21st when Shilpa Ray comes to her “second home” of Athens, Ohio for a night of rock and roll. (attend on the facebook here) Shilpa is no stranger to Athens have played here many times over the years in various incarnations…
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We Did It! Aquabear Legion Volume 5 Double LP Coming Summer 2015!
Wow. The Aquabear Legion would like to thank all of you who supported our recent project, a massive 24 band/song double LP release of all Ohio bands. With a pre-order and donation page through Indiegogo we raised 110% of our goal (and still have 5 days to go), an amazing $5,491 from 135 contributors. We…
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Aquabear 2LP Track List, Support and Pre-Order Now
To celebrate our 10th birthday the Aquabear decided to release a double LP featuring 24 Ohio bands and set up an Indiegogo page to collect pre-orders and support to help make it happen. The Aquabear is thrilled to be at 56% of our goal with 34 days remaining and a total of $2801 of $5000…
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Are You in the Aquabear 125? Support & Pre-Order a Double LP of 24 Ohio Bands
To celebrate our 10th birthday Aquabear Legion wanted to release a double LP vinyl compilation of 24 Ohio bands, but we need your support. To fund the release of this compilation Aquabear has set up an Indiegogo page where you can pre-order your copy of the double LP release along with a lot of awesome…
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6 Bs and a P: The Butt Runs, Not the Football Runs (Season 3, Episode 15)
6 Bs and a P: The Butt Runs, Not the Football Runs (Season 3, Episode 15) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep15.mp3 Man, the Browns are not very good. From 6-3 to now 7-8 with a loss to the Panthers (who are also not very good), the playoffs seem but a distant fever dream. The 6b1p crew (Brian, Kris, and…
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6 Bs and a P: Dollarsigns Moneysacks (Season 3, Episode 14)
6 Bs and a P: Dollarsigns Moneysacks (Season 3, Episode 14) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep14.mp3 Well that was terrible. The Browns lose to the Bengals 30-0 in one of the worst games ever. Johnny Football played an awful game. Brian, Kris, and Dave discuss the game, the season, the future, and everybody Hotseats. Don Pardo even shows up.…
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Aquabear Will Release Double LP Compilation in 2015, Pre-order on Indiegogo Now
Since 2004, Aquabear has worked with over 200 bands and dozens of visual artists and filmmakers. And in that time produced 10 releases including compilations of Ohio music both physical and for free on aquabearlegion.com. But we REALLY want to put out some vinyl. And since we just celebrated our 10th birthday it seemed like a…
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6 Bs and a P: Pills vs. Stats (Season 3, Episode 13)
6 Bs and a P: Stats vs. Pills (Season 3, Episode 13) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcast/6B1P-s03e13-Stats-vs-Pills.mp3 Welp, that seems to be it for Brian Hoyer. The Browns lose a close one to the Colts at home despite an incredible effort from the defense and Hoyer played yet another terrible game. It’s time for Johnny Football. 3 games left…
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6 Bs and a P: Defensive Something (Season 3, Episode 12)
6 Bs and a P: Defensive Something (Season 3, Episode 12) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep12.mp3 Well, there goes the hope. …Or does it? The Cleveland Browns play a terrible game and lose to the Buffalo Bills to fall to 7-5 and a three-way tie for last with Pittsburgh and Baltimore in the AFC North, all one and a…
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6 Bs and a P: Ol’ Softleg Wins the Game (Season 3, Episode 11)
6 Bs and a P (Season 3, Episode 11) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep11.mp3 The Browns win a game at the last second that (let’s be honest) they probably should not have won and was a pretty ugly victory. But with the playoffs in view and a historically tough division you need every win you can get. So, we…
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6 Bs and a P: Peapody (Season 3, Episode 10)
6 Bs and a P: Peapody (Season 3, Episode 10) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6B1P-s03e10-Peapody.mp3 The Browns… lose. Bad. So long first place, it was sweet while it lasted but even we have to admit it felt a little weird and ominous. Like when the cheerleader starts dating a nerd in a high school movie and you kind of…
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A Sad Day in Athens, Ohio
Today was a sad day in Athens, Ohio. In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 16th a fire broke out somewhere on West Union Street between Court Street and Congress. Extensive fire, smoke, and water has damaged buildings including The Union Bar and Grill, Jackie O’s Public House, Jack Neal Florists, Kismet, Campus Sundry, and…
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6 Bs and a P: The New Cronut (Season 3, Episode 9)
6 Bs and a P: The New Cronut (Season 3, Episode 9): http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6B1P-s03e09-The-New-Cronut.mp3 FIRST PLACE! This is insane! The Browns win their biggest game in a very long time defeating the Cincinnati Bengals on national TV! That put them into a tie with the Steelers for a couple days and then… the Steelers lost to…
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6 Bs and a P: Browns Browns Browns Browns Browns (Season 3, Episode 8)
6 Bs and a P: Browns Browns Browns Browns Browns (Season 3, Episode 8) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep8.mp3 Man, this short Browns week has us a little behind here on 6b1p. This episode features the 6b1p crew actually going to and at the Browns vs. Buccaneers game, where the Browns win and our hosts discuss and analyze topics…
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6 Bs and a P: It’s a Mindbender (Season 3, Episode 7)
6 Bs and P: It’s a Mindbender (Season 3, Episode 7) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep7.mp3 6b1p had to take a bye ourselves last week, since then the Browns lost to one of the worst teams in the league (Jaguars) and beat one of the worst teams of the league (Raiders) and are now 4-3. All four of our…
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6 Bs and a P: The Horse and the Whore (s03ep06)
6 Bs and a P: The Horse and the Whore (s03ep06): http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/S03E06%20The%20Horse%20and%20the%20Whore.mp3 BROWNS WIN AGAIN! No clue how this is happening. The 6b1p crew works hard to process these unfamiliar feelings and make sense of it all and in the process talk about football, pie, how much the hate the Steelers, Brian Hoyer, and much…
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6 Bs and a P: The Arbiter of Pies (s03e05)
6 Bs and a P: The Arbiter of Pies (s03e05) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep5.mp3 BROWNS WIN! They move to 2-2 with a win over the very terrible Tennessee Titans and their temporary quarterback, Clipboard Jesus. But, it doens’t matter… the won! Join the 6b1p regular crew (minus Wiebe and plus Dave) as they discuss the win, the current…
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6 Bs and a P: Muscle Hamster (s03e04)
6 Bs and a P: Muscle Hamster (s03e04) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep4.mp3 The Browns had a bye week this past Sunday and Aquabear Legion decided to order some alternate programming to fill our football podcast void. Join us for a special bye week edition of 6 Bs and a P, namely, another 6 Bs and a P about…
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Legendary Peter Walker At The Union on Wednesday, October 1
This one is last minute and on a school night, but you should all totally come anyway, we promise you will not be sorry. Aquabear Legion, Andrew & Peacock present Peter Walker with Dead Winds of Summer and more at The Union in Athens on Wednesday, October 1st at 8:00pm. Tickets are $8 in advance and will be…
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6 Bs and a P: Robot Ian or the Time Sherri Met Chomps at the Airport (s03e03)
6 Bs and a P: Robot Ian or the Time Sherri Met Chomps at the Airport (s03ep03) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3-ep3.mp3 It’s week 3 and the 3rd episode of our 3rd season at 6b1p, and the Browns lose another last second heartbreaker, this time to the hated Ravens. Kris Poland doesn’t make it this week (spoiler alert his…
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6 Bs and a P: Righting Wrongs (s03e02)
6 Bs and a P: Righting Wrongs (s03e02) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1ps3e2.mp3 Browns win! It was pretty unbelievable but the Cleveland Browns beat the New Orleans Saints, Wiebe even calls them a “well coached, competent team” which is quite the compliment. And not just any win, this might have been the biggest in years. It was only the second…
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6 Bs and a P: The Chains of Justice (S03EP01)
6 Bs and a P: The Chains of Justice (Season 3, Episode 1) First game of the year was like a whole Browns season condensed into a three hour visual heart attack. One half they get outscored 27-3, and in the other they outscore the Steelers 27-3, but lose on a last second field goal.…
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6 Bs and a P: Mandatory Mini-Camp (S03EP0)
6 Bs and a P: Mandatory Mini-Camp Season 3, Episode 0 It’s Browns pre-season! The good news is that the national media (at least for a little bit) was forced to also pay attention to the Browns as we decided whether Johnny Football could live up to his name. The bad news is this team…
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8th Annual Aquabear County Fair is September 5-6: 15 Ohio Bands, 2 Days, ALL FREE
It’s Aquabear County Fair time! Now in it’s 8th year (whoa), this annual Aquabear celebration of Ohio music will be in Athens, Ohio on Friday, September 5th (at The Union at 9:00pm) and on Saturday, September 6th (at Haffa’s Records at 3:00pm and The Union at 8:00pm) and it is all FREE. Poster above and…
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Helter Swelter at Ace of Cups Saturday with The Clean, TJSA, Scrawl, and more
There’s a great show at Ace of Cups Saturday you need to be at. Helter Swelter is Saturday, August 16th from 3pm-11pm at Ace of Cups and features legendary New Zealand rockers The Clean along with a lineup of some of Columbus, Ohio’s most well respected and influential bands including Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Scrawl, Unholy…