Author: Kris Poland
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Thursday
Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too is back and better than ever with three episodes from the 10th annual Nelsonville Music Festival! We begin with some of the great bands from Thursday night. This episode includes songs from D-Rays, unmonumental, Charles Walker and the Dynamites, Supernobody, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Jason Isbell, and Saint Paul and…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Friday
Jam-packed with more music than you can handle, it’s day two of the 2014 Nelsonville Music Festival. This episode features performances by Village of Spaces, Lily and Madeline, Shaky Graves, (Aquabear County Fair 2014 artist) WV White, Grupo Fantasma, Steve Gunn, Quilt, The Total Blam Blams, Kurt Vile, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Dinosaur Jr, and…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Saturday & Sunday
Dealing with a bit of festival fatigue, a flat tire, and a fair amount of driving, I didn’t capture as much of the last two days of this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival as I wanted. Nevertheless, there is gold to be heard here. Crank this episode to hear sets from Motel Beds, Lucius, The No…
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Sometimes The Bear Eats You Too: NMF13 Sunday
“It’s finally here! Highlights from the final day of this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival await your ears only at aquabearlegion.com. This episode features Supernobody, Jerry David Decicca, Field Report and Cotton Jones. Special thanks to Warren Taylor for the interview and Brian Wiebe for all of his help and recording expertise. Enjoy!” Sometimes The Bear Eats…
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Sometimes The Bear Eats You Too: NMF13 Saturday
Two days down and two to go! That can only mean one thing. It’s time for the penultimate episode. STBEYtoo returns with highlight’s fromSaturday at this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival. We kick things off with songs from You Black Kettle, The Flying Clouds of South Caroline, Athens’ own Wheels on Fire, and Cotton Jones. This one…
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Sometimes The Bear Eats You Too: NMF13 Friday
Highlights from Friday night of the 2013 Nelsonville Music Festival are here and ready for the listening! This episode features Catherine MacLellan, Leah Nairn, Michael Hurley, JD Hutchison, The Hiders, Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer, Nick Tolford & Company, William Tyler, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Adam Remnant, Endless Boogie, Screaming Females, and Reigning Sound. That’s a metric…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF13 Thursday
Sometimes The Bear Eats You Too returns with coverage of the 2013 Nelsonville Music Festival! Thursday focused heavily on Athens bands with performances by JJ Reed, Unmonumental, Chris Biester, Hex Net, Weedghost, D-Rays and Makebelieves! Out of towners Old Light and Los Hacheros join the fun as well. Check back soon for highlights from the…
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Matt Presutti & Weedghost
Last week, Matt Presutti (The Makebelieves, The Snails, Transmissions from Moonbase Alpha) earned his MFA in print making from the University of South Dakota in the lovely little town of Vermillion, SD. He kindly invited Aquabear Legionnaires Weedghost to provide musical accompaniment to his gallery opening entitled “Locus Nocturna: A History of Curiosity” at LumoStudios…
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Sometimes The Bear Eats You Too: Rockstar Pro Wrestling
Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too is back and better than ever! Â This time we’re focusing entirely on Dayton’s own independent professional wrestling promotion, Rockstar Pro Wrestling. I spoke with the man known simply as Michael and The Great American Beast in Rockstar Pro Arena at 1106 East 3rd Street in Dayton. We talked at…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode 007
Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode 007 Wooo! Sometimes the Bear Eats You is back and shooting from the hip with episode 007. Join Noah, Kris, and bonus host Brian for our extra special season one retrospective. We’ll look back at some of our favorite moments from our first season, play some tunes, and get…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2012 Nelsonville Music Festival – Saturday
Nelsonville Music Festival 2012 – Day 3 We’re back again with another STBEY Too from the Nelsonville Music Festival. This is the last episode we recorded at the fest this year, as Sunday was a day for recovery rather than recording. Sorry about that. I got lazy. Anyway, check out some incredible music from Hunnabee…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2012 Nelsonville Music Festival – Friday
Nelsonville Music Festival 2012 – Day 2 This episode of Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too features music from many of the bands that performed on Friday of this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival. Freak out to the groovy sounds of Those Darlins, The D-Rays, Chris Biester, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Woody Pines, Adam &…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2012 Nelsonville Music Festival – Thursday
Nelsonville Music Festival 2012 – Day 1 Nelsonville! Woooo! This year’s festival kicks off with a free party for all to enjoy. Listen to live performances from Weedghost, Angela Perley and the Howling Moons, Mike Elliott, State Park, Nathan Moore, Southeast Engine and Hex Net. Check back soon for more episodes, more Nelsonville Music Festival,…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: Keith Freund Interview
Sheesh. It’s been a while, but Noah and Kris are back with more Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too for you to enjoy and/or despise. This time around we look ahead to the upcoming Nelsonville Music Festival and gaze back at an extended interview with Akron’s Keith Freund. Give it a listen, and leave a…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode Six
“It’s time to ring in the new with yet another perfectly cromulent episode of Sometimes the Bear Eats You! Oh, what a year it will be. We’re bringing you all new podcast shenanigans like only Aquabearlegion.com can. Ohio-born music sensation Hutz bestows upon us a wonderful new theme song. Noah and Matthu watch a horror…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode Five
Hello again, internet! We’ve missed you so. In this very special fifth episode of Sometimes the Bear Eats You we focus our undivided attention toward our great state’s capital city. That’s right! It’s all Columbus all the time. No foolin’ this time. Your hosts Noah and Kris discuss jam bands, White Castle and semen. Noah…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode Four
STBEY is back after a brief delay with a fourth episode that manages to be equal parts raucous and somber. This time we focus on Ohio’s current capital city, Columbus! Listen to the rockin’ sounds of Wheels on Fire (even though they’re from Athens), Super Desserts and Narrow and the Brights. Laugh at three goons…
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STBEY Too: Aquabear Legion Volume 4 CD Release Show
On June 11, 2011 the Aquabear Legion Volume 4 CD was unleashed upon an Athens, OH populous that was salivating for some unbelievably awesome home grown Ohio tunes. Their craving was satiated on that night by the two-disc, 38 band compilation of compilations. Now you, our faithful followers, can experience all of the magic of that evening…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival – Day 3
Groggy and muddy, I catch what I can without getting Todd’s handheld digital recorder too wet. I hope our listeners enjoy what we’ve posted. Next year will be even better! Featuring: Y La Bamba, Chris Biester, Over the Rhine, Drakkar Sauna, Wanda Jackson, Neko Case Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival – Day 2
I awaken on the floor of Brian and Sherri’s hotel room (Thanks, you two!) to the sounds of someone retching in the room next door. Then, I record what I can before my second shuttle shift. I missed Yo La Tengo but managed to get some of The Flaming Lips for you. Featuring: The Black…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival – Day 1
I arrive at the NMF with Andrew and Mackenzie and capture what I can before hopping on one of the extended golf carts to shuttle festival goers between the campground and the Historic Village of Robbins Crossing. Featuring: Weedghost, Hex Net, Justin Townes Earle, Whale Zombie, Drakkar Sauna Sometimes the Bear Eat You Too: Nelsonville…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode Three
We’re back with a bigger, badder, bolder episode three! Noah and Kris take on the Queen City in this edition of Sometimes the Bear Eats You (which we have affectionately dubbed STBEY and pronounce “stebby”). All questions, or at least the following four, will be answered. Who won Noah’s exclusive loop tape by correctly answering…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode Deux
We’re back! With two times the excitement and 7/8 the fun, Sometimes the Bear Eats You returns with Episode Deux! This time Noah and Kris look back longingly on their first project together, respond to listener comments, assign more homework, talk about Cleveland and more. Most importantly, we spread the word about the Aqueabear Legion…
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Sometimes the Bear Eats You: Episode One
Howdy, Aquabear Legionnaires! Please enjoy this, the very first Aquabear Legion podcast. Your hosts Noah Andrews and Kris Poland give it their all as they struggle to name the podcast, take you on an abridged journey through Athens music history (1997-present), and get excited for both the County Fair and the Nelsonville Music Festival. Rock…
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RECORD REVIEW: Whale Zombie – Whale Zombie LP
The guys in Whale Zombie know what they’re doing. They’ve crafted a sound and persona that borrows from numerous characteristics of pop rock history while somehow maintaining an identity that’s all their own. Playing with the vigor of a bunch of teenagers who just bought their first battered secondhand instruments and the finesse of seasoned…