PSA: Social Media Breakfast

Tickets for this pancake breakfast sold out like hotcakes this past month. Attendees are still crowing about the event. Make sure you sign up early!

It's That Time of the Year!

Tim Brickley and the Bleeding Hearts ask: How do you spell Channukah?

Indianapolis singer/songwriter and infrequent blogger Tim Brickley, has been busy. He and his merry band, the Bleeding Hearts, have been putting in the hours at Hit City, and have come up with a little seasonal offering. The lads' latest holiday diddie is titled: How do you spell Channukah, and is available free on Reverbnation.

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2150462

Gigging Tonight: Friday, December 4

Leon Chance and his Honky Tonk circus will bring their special brand of hillybilly rock to Indianapolis tonight in not one but two performances. Leon , along with The Longshots, will begin the evening by sitting in with Hank Haggard at THE MONKEY'S TAIL in Broad Ripple at 8 PM. They'll do it all again at an 11 o'clock set, as part of Coot Crabtree's Country Showcase at LOCALS ONLY.

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Cara Jean Wahlers, Grover Parido with Lou Stant. Indy Hostel (49th and Winthrop). 7pm. Indy Hostel is family-friendly and non-smoking. Light snacks will be served. Please bring the alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice.

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Tim Brickley will be opening the new Chateau Thomas Winery in Fishers tonight. Fishers Town Commons 8235 116th Street, Suite 235.

Playing Friday Night: Cara Jean Wahlers and Grover Parido with Lou Stant

Singer/Songwriter Cara Jean Wahlers writes to tell us about a must-see performance this Friday, December 4th at Indy Hostel (49th and Winthrop in a red house), where she will be sharing the stage with Grover Parido and Nashville musician Lou Stant.

"We'll be playing unplugged in this intimate environment. I'm particularly excited about this show because we'll be performing a lot of new songs that you've never heard before. And it's going to be great to be back at the Hostel. John and Karen are wonderful friends and very sweet hosts."

Sounds like a great show, we know we'll be there and hope to see all you Indy Socialites there as well.

Pali, the fire chick

One of the highlights of last Friday's Day-After-Thanksgiving house party featuring Michael Kelsey (held at Tim Williams' super cool ranch) was an impromptu performance by Pali, the fire chick.

Indy Social took a whole bunch of pics of the amazing fire artist, but unfortunately lost them in the transfer from iPhone to MacBook.

To the rescue comes Indy soundman Alex Mark, who contributes this picture.

If you ever have a chance to see Pali, do, you won't regret it.

Micheal Kelsey Rocks the House (Party)

Lafayette, IN singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar innovator Michael Kelsey rocked a packed house last night for the 3rd Annual Day After Thanksgiving house party. Hosted by long-time Indy musician Tim Williams (Spud Puppies, ReCollective) and his sister Tammy, the standing room only event included two forty-five minute performance by Kelsey, as well as a group jam featuring some of the best of the Indy music scene.

Reporters, filmmakers, fans, fire artists and mostly musicians packed the instrument-laden home. Indy Social left the action still in progress sometime after 2:oo a.m., as the drum circle began its all-night jam.

Pics From Tonic Ball VIII

Last nights eight ball ( Tonic Ball VIII) was a raging success. Ah what a night! We bid and won a great piece of art at Tonic Gallery (AV Framing Gallery, Fountain Square, 1139 Shelby St) then we took in the Led Zep and Dylan sets at Radio Radio and the adjoining stage at Fountain Square. Radio Radio was jam packed, with a long line of folks waiting to get in, so we started the evening at FS where Dylan was the prevailing wind. Here the scene was mellower, and we were even able to grab a seat and chat with our friend Cathy Kightlinger, who was covering the event with her trusty photographer in tow for TOOT. We enjoyed a beverage and saw some fine Dylan performances by Jon Martin, Shelby Kelley, Brian Deer and the Achievers and Tad Armstrong.

Then we decided we needed more strong drink, and so gave up our seats and we headed over to take in the Led Zep scene at Radio Radio.

In our opinion Radio Radio is one of the great rock venues in Indy. Great vibe. Good layout. Nice glass and pills bar, great bar staff, and a sound system that really works (unlike the muddy sound on the Dylan Stage at FS). Only suggestion would be to upgrade the TVs to some flat panels.

The crowd at Radio Radio was in full Friday night party mode, Tufty, in regular black leather, was working the room like the pro that he is. The bands were tight. Everyone was there.

To end the evening, we made our way back to the FS, and despite the weak sound, we enjoyed the short but sweet performances of long-time favorites Otis Gibbs, followed by the Vulgar Boatmen.

We left the night happy, with some great new art, and the knowledge we were able to help a great cause like Second Helpings.

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Tonic Ball VIII

Set your clocks. Dust off your dancing clogs, Second Helping's annual Tonic Ball has arrived, and everyone will be there.

Tonic Ball VIII will feature more than 30 of Central Indiana’s top rock, folk, jazz, funk, country, and pop artists celebrating the songs of Led Zeppelin at Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St….and the songs of Bob Dylan right next door at the Fountain Square Theatre—all beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 20th.

According to the Second Helpings web site, more than 1,000 people attended last year's event at Fountain Square.

Note: Fountain Square Theatre is an all-ages venue. Under-age tickets may be purchased separately. Call or email Ben Shine at 632-2664 X. 29, or ben@secondhelpings.org.

This year's artists:

Radio Radio (Led Zeppelin stage)
Bat Tattoo
The Misprintz
The Old Fair and Square Band
Ebenezer and the Hymnasters
The Last Domino
Frankie Camaro’s Atomic Bombay
Big Betty
Yoko Moment
We’re Not Squibnocket
Jennie DeVoe
The Cocaine Wolves
The Common
Healing Sixes
Bigger Than Elvis
Mandy Marie and the Cool Hand Lukes

Fountain Square Theater (Bob Dylan stage)
The Jethros
Ladymoon
Sanuk
Coolidge
Jeff Byrd and the Wingmen
Jon Strahl Band
CW and the Working Class Trio
The Odyssey Favor
Luke Austin Daugherty Jam Band
Joel Henderson
Everest
Susan and the Desperate Seekers
Jon Martin and…
Shelby Kelley
Brian Deer and the Achievers
Tad Armstrong
Mardelay
Everthus the Deadbeats
Everything Now!
Otis Gibbs
The Vulgar Boatmen (w/special guest Jake Smith from the Mysteries of Life)

Daphane Parks -- Superconductor Rocks Austin

Superconductor is making big noise in Austin. Indy artist Daphane Park (seen above building guitars as part of her performance art installation) is sharing the experience via Facebook. Check out her gallery here.

Cheech & Chong Fire Up the Murat Theatre

Legandary stoner-comedians Cheech&Chong have alighted here in the Circle City. The notorious duo will perform Jan. 22 at the Murat Theatre as part of the “Get It Legal” tour. Is it legal yet?

Tommy Chong was arrested for selling Bongs, and ended up serving time. The story was chronicled in a very good documentary: a.k.a. Tommy Chong.

Tickets, $45 and $35, go on sale at 4:20 p.m. Friday. Visit www.livenation.com or call (877) 598-8703.

In other concert news, Jack’s Mannequin will perform Feb. 24 at the Murat Egyptian Room. Tickets, $24, or $21 if purchased in advance, are available by visiting www.livenation.com or by calling (877) 598-8703.

Daphane Park Asks: Do You Do VooDoo?

Carmel artist (now living and working in New York City) Daphane Park writes to tell us about her latest project:

hello all
if anyone happens to be in New Orleans...
I have a couple of pieces installed in City Park.
'hammock mother' an enormous hammock for 20 - 30 people to rest in at once, that I just made in the upper amazon with the Zapara.
and 'Super Conductor' a silk tent that functions as an orgone accumulator. I will be doing a performance inside of the tent
during the Voodoo Fest. This piece travels to Austin's Creative Research Laboratory mid Nov.
Be Well Xdp


Life is Art Foundation | KKProject

VOODOO EXPERIENCE

30 international and regional artists respond to the natural environment of the park and the supernatural environment of the giant rock festival. To the music of Kiss, Jane's Addiction, Justice, Quintron + Miss Pussycat we present...


Rachel Wingfield + Mathias Gmachl
Hans Sachs / Manuel Kretzer
Benson Trent / Eyetrap
Molly Gochman
Stefan Beese
Mark Griffin
Elliott Coon
Daphane Park
Kristian Hansen
Emiliano Maggi + Tora Lopez
Thaddeus Zarse / Joseph Keppel
TungstenMonkey Collective
Generic Art Solutions
Deirdre Sargent
Mickey Sumner
Strangebone
Jen Lewin
Rikki Hill
John Oles
Lisa Lozano
William Murphy
Andrew Slaughter
Mantis, Miniman + Hotshot the Robot
Thomasine Bartlett / Minka Stoyanova


Oct 30 - Nov 1 2009
11 am into the night
VOODOO Experience
City Park New Orleans
(see Voodoo website for details)

Opening 12 November 2009, a selection of the art works will move into the New Orleans Botanical Garden for a public exhibition through January 2010.

We look forward to seeing you in the Gardens and the Mayhem!

xo

Life is Art Foundation | KKProjects
2448 north villere street
new orleans | la
70117 usa

info@kkprojects.org
www.kkprojects.org

2009 Dream Home

Art or Vandalism?

Don't call it a weiner roast; It's SausageFest!

Flickr pic of Indy Hipster Namey McNamerson at last's year's SausageFest

Singer/Songwriter Tim Brickley asks Indy Social to remind everyone that tonight St. Thomas Aquinas kicks off its annual "SausageFest."

The outdoor fundraiser runs form 6 pm to midnight, on the parish grounds at 46th and Illinois. Tim Brickley and his Bleeding Hearts band will take the stage round 10 pm.

We're thinking this might be a nice place to stop after we hit the Fringe Festival at the Earth House.

Indy Gets Its Fringe On

We're excited about tonight's line up at the Indy Fringe Festival. Hope to see you all at the Earth House Collective. Get there early to rock out with DJ Dicky Fox, and stay for the performances (we are particularly psyched to see the debut of (Re)Collective Company's new show) and open mic.

Super Bowl Excitement Brewing in Indy

The 2012 Super Bowl may be years off, but the folks at the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association have been busy gearing up. In addition to the thousands of international visitors expected to pour into the city, the Super Bowl represents the ultimate event in corporate sponsorship and entertainment.

But why let the corporate fat cats have all the fun? The convention & visitor association offers just plain folks the chance to participate in a host activities. If you are really ambitious, why not consider volunteering?

For more information on community activities and voluteering, check out the official Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Committee site.

Finish Line: Allstate Washes Hands of Lagging Brickyard

After a disappointing turnout at yesterday's Brickyard 400 -- ticket sales were down 20% and revenues down an estimated 30 percent -- Allstate Insurance has pulled the plug on its 5-year sponsorship of the Brickyard 400.

Not so good hands.
"It will hurt us from a revenue standpoint when it comes to the bottom line, but the long-term future of this event is secure,” said IMS spokesman Ron Green.

In a breaking news report today from the Indiana Business Journal, Green cited the bad economy, a softening interest in NASCAR, and the tire shredding that marred last year's event, as reason for the mega-insurance company's decision to bail.

150 Acres of Photos -- IMA on Flickr

Established back in 1883, the venerable Indianapolis Museum of Art is one of the oldest and most popular art museums in the country. Famous for hosting Robert Indiana's "LOVE" sculpture, the museum is built on the grounds of Lilly House Mansion, home to the late Indy business man and philanthropist J.K. Lilly.

One of the most popular attractions at the IMA can be found outside of the facility in the form of the truly amazing Oldfields –Lilly House & Gardens, 26 acres of sculpture, beautifully showcased amongst the magnificent gardens and grounds designed in the 1920s by Percival Gallagher of the famous landscape architecture firm Olmsted Brothers.

These romantic gardens are a popular destination for art lovers, nature lovers and, especially photographers. Strolling the gardens (with our iPhone snapping away), we encountered not only a large wedding party in progress, but many smaller photo shoots -- professional and impromptu -- along the trails.

Seems that so many folks are snapping pics and sharing them on Flickr, that IMA recently established an official Indianapolis Museum of Art Flickr Group. You can see it here.

Cathy Kightlinger: Indy Star's Talk of Our Town

IndyStar Report Cathy Kightlinger (she of Talk of Our Town fame) stopped by to welcome Indy Social to the neighborhood. In her role as TOOT columnist, Cathy buzzes about Indianapolis so that we can eavesdrop on all the Circle City happenings in the arts, entertainment, party and social scenes.

Cathy tells us that there are exciting things happening over at the Star these days, and that we can expect to see some very innovative social media and 'convergence' media initiatives in the near future.

Of course, we'll be covering it all right here at Indy Social.

Taboo Man Speaks

Clarification: This just in off the mojo wire from Tranquility:

I do know about the Taboo Man on Ovation, Merde told Indy Social, " Thom emailed me the link when he uploaded the photo a couple of months ago. I visited his cabin in Spencer on a trip to Indiana three years ago and we keep in touch."

What does the old Taboo publisher think about his ancient covers coming to life as online art, "It should be known," Berry said, "that Jack Merde owns all the original prints from Taboo's distinctive front covers. Perhaps one day he'll donate them to a museum one day, but at present they are part of his private collection in the heavily guarded Merde Compound in Tranquility, New Jersey..."

Pacers Spin Social to Pick Pacemates 09

When the Indiana Pacers began looking for this year's Pacemates, they relied on social media. The innovative Pacemakers 09 campaign included a slick web site, viral "Cast Your Vote" contest, significant presence on both MySpace and Facebook, and of course plenty of Tweets and TwitPics.

Taboo Man Makes National Debut

Those of you old enough to remember Taboo Magazine, will surely remember the iconic cover imagery that was created by photographer Thom Kondas. The covers always featured Taboo's ego-centric editor-in-chief Don Berry, in his bowler capped persona The Taboo Man, usually composed in some complicated, sexually-saturated gimmick shot with a hot local model.

Taboo Man playing Woman as Cello; Taboo Man holding deck of cards with model "Queen of Hearts"; Taboo Man playing Pinocchio, turning toys into "real girls"...and so on.

Taboo was published in the early to mid eighties, the images however have found their way onto Ovation as part of their "Make Life Creative" campaign.

I wonder if Kondas knows that Don Berry is still publishing, both trade magazines and a blog (under his nom de plume Jack Merde), from his impressive compound in Tranquility, NJ.

When we contacted Merde...er Berry, an associate could only proffer a meek, "he's unavailable for comment."

Stay tuned for further updates.

How should Farm Bureau use Social Media for its Colts Association?

The Indiana Business Journal reported this week that Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has extended its relationship with the Colts by inking a five-year multi-million dollar sponsorship deal. According to the business trade magazine, the company will receive brand representation in the form of a patch to be featured on players practice jerseys. NFL rules prohibit these patches on game-day uniforms. Farm Bureau is also the sponsor of the team's training facility.

“This is an incremental increase to our revenue, and every bit in this economy helps,” Colts SVP Tom Zupancic told the IBJ. “We’ve been working on this deal for a while, so we’re really happy to get it done. Farm Bureau continues to be a really good partner for the Colts.”

All this got IndySocial to thinking about ways that State Farm could extend its sponsorship of the Colts online and across the Social Networks and Blogosphere.

We'd like to hear from you, the Indianapolis social media and marketing community, about how you would extend the reach and value of Farm Bureau's Colts sponsorship by using web 2.0 tactics.

Email us your ideas -- images and video welcome: indysocial@gmail.com .

IndySocial will showcase the best ones here!

Indy Social now on Flickr

Indy Social is proud to announce the creation of Indy Social on Flickr. Flickr is a part of Yahoo, and one of the leading photo sharing communites. Our new site will make it easy for all of us to post and share pictures of all the Indy events and social media happenings.

Please join us at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1174883@N23/

Welcome to Indy Social Media Marketing

Welcome to Indy Social -- A network of of media, marketing, entertainment and branding professionals living and working in and around Indianapolis.

Indy Social is designed to be a community of web 2.0 brands, agencies, freelancers, talent, venues, media and individuals interested in learning new skills, meeting new folks, and building Indianapolis social media marketing relationships.

Through this blog, as well as upcoming Indy Social events, newsletters, flickr galleries and promotions we hope to get to know you, and your efforts.

If you or your company is doing social media marketing, please let us know about it and we'll help build the buzz. Send all info to us at: indysocial@gmail.com

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