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DIT IN FULL EFFECT

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The new year has been good to us here at DIT(K)!

Meeting attendance has been way up and we’ve got new posts coming steady. We’d like to take this opportunity to extend some some invites and share a few updates:

First off, DIT meetings are being held at 210 Allen Blvd every Sunday at 5pm. This means we’ll all be there in about 3 hours. If you’d like to get involved, feel free to stop by! Everyone is welcome and we’ll do our best to be hospitable.
We’re looking for people who want to write for DIT; make fliers; put fliers up around town; book local shows; help a touring band; keep the dream alive.

We’ve just added an ‘Editorials’ category to the blog. You may have noticed a few posts recently such as ‘DIY Community Ethics‘ that went beyond the usual show preview/album review format. We’ve been talking about bringing in more of this type of content and hope to have a great deal more of it in the coming months. Look out for that and if you want to read what’s been posted so far, simply go to the categories tab on the lower right hand side of this page and click ‘Editorials’.
FLEX YR HEAD

It’s been a minute since we’ve updated the Flickr feed. Sorry bout that! We’ll have some more pics very soon. In the meantime, send us yr stuff! Got some sweet shots from a recent show? We’d love to get them up and continue to show the world how awesome Kalamazoo really is. Local bands; touring bands; just as long as the show was in held in our fair city.

Weekend Warriors II DVD is available now

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Weekend Warriors II, a documentary on music local to Michigan and South Bend, IN, was made available last week via CHUNKmedia. The DVD features performances from 33 local bands and interviews with 16 of those bands, as well as interviews with 2 Kalamazoo house venues (The Ant Hill and No Fun House).

Bands from the Kalamazoo area shown are:

Ackley Kid, Arson Party, Forget The Times, Ghosts of the Great Lakes, Interocitor, Outrun The Sunlight, The Penguin Collector, Please Promise, Protected Left, The Reptilian, Their Teeth Will Be Of Lions, Three Mile Island, and Winterus.

Bands from outside of Kalamazoo are:

analecta, Bars of Gold, Brothers, Chanical Fields, Charles The Osprey, Chin Up!, Discerned, Dr. Device, From The Ropes, Get Home Safe, I’m William Cutting, Infinite Design, Jowls, La Dispute, Sleepeater, Tall Tales, TimeLapse, Traitor, We The Sophists, William Bonney.

Bands featured in the documentary can contact Lisa Bridenstine on facebook or lbridenstine@gmail.com for a copy of the DVD.

Others who wish to purchase a DVD can get them at chunkmedia.bigcartel.com, contact Lisa Bridenstine to meet in the Kalamazoo area to avoid shipping fees, or from one of the following bands at shows in the near future: analecta, Charles The Osprey, Chin Up!, Infinite Design, The Penguin Collector, The Reptilian, Sleepeater, Traitor.

BACK IN THE SADDLE

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Hello everyone!

DIT(K) is right now the slowest it’s ever been. We’re truly sorry and will be remedying  that ASAP.

There will be a meeting 6pm tonight at No Fun House to discuss upcoming shows, booking and content for the blog. If yr interested in getting involved and helping improve the Kalamazoo music community, by all means come join us!

STAY EXCITED

Upcoming: Michigan Music Documentary

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CHUNK Media‘s Lisa Bridenstine is in the process of creating a sequel to her 2010 Michigan music documentary Weekend Warriors. So far, the product looks awesome! Here’s a sneak peak:

Full product is estimated to be out in November!

NEW DIT MEETING SPOT

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Our weekly DIT(K) meetings are being moved to a more centrally located spot fr yr health.

From now on meetings will be at 611 Cedar, Kalamazoo, 4pm Sunday afternoon.

As always, everyone is invited. The meetings mostly consist of making sure promotion is in place for upcoming shows and setting up shows for touring bands. If you’ve got a band you want booked, a show you need a venue for, a house you want to throw shows at, sweet writing or drawing skillzz, then come on down!

ALREADY DEAD FAMILY REUNION

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If yr one that tries to stay current on the local music affairs then you probably already know aboot the quickly up and coming Already Dead Tapes & Records. You may also know aboot their first annual music fest The Already Dead Family Reunion that is coming up in 2 weeks.
Just in case though, here’s all the info you could need:

Already Dead is a tape and vinyl label founded about a year ago by Josh Tabbia (Problems That Fix Themselves) and Sean Hartman (Forget The Times). Inspired by former Kalamazoo label Dinosaur Club Tapes, the two decided to pick up the torch and run with it.
Since then, AD has released 10 albums with another 10 quickly on the way.  The label is home to a wide variety of artists from all over the world with a focus on the experimental and innovative.

The Family Reunion is AD’s annual music fest bringing together current and future artists on the label + some friends and distant relatives.
This year is the first time the reunion will be held.

September 10th
2pm – midnight
Wesley Foundation on WMU’s campus
2101 Wilbur Ave.
$5, all ages

THE REPTILIAN (Kalamazoo, MI)

SOLAR FOX feat. PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE (Chicago, IL)

PROBLEMS THAT FIX THEMSELVES (Chicago, IL)

COMA NOVA (Kalamazoo, MI)

EGG CHEF (St. Louis, MO)

FORGET THE TIMES (Kalamazoo, MI)

ABOUT A MILLION (Honeybrook, PA)

MORSEVILLE BRIDGE (Flint, MI)

LASSO (Kalamazoo, MI)

RADIATOR HOSPITAL (Kalamazoo, MI)

PETER DAMIEN JUAN DIEGO COOL (Kalamazoo, MI)

HORDES (Lansing, MI)

JOHN MICAH RAPP (Indianapolis, IN)

KYLE LANDSTRA (Kalamazoo, MI)

Stay tuned for more info!

Send us yer music!

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Hey bands, do you have an album laying around that you’re just itching to have someone listen to? Send it to ditkalamazoo@gmail.com and we’ll write a review about it. Yes, it’s just that easy.

Kittens.

Fat Guy House Tonight, Reptilian Added to Lineup

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Photo courtesy of 2194's ReverbNation page (http://reverbnation.com/twentyoneninetyfour)

Ann Arbor’s 2194 returns tonight to play the Fat Guy House with Graders, the new project of Kalamazoo’s favorite prodigal son Kyle Thornhill (of Ish and Artwork and formerly of H.O.M.E.S). As a last minute addition, the Reptilian has been added to the bill due to a cancellation.

If you don’t have plans, come check it out. Show starts around 9PM and the house asks that you bring some money to donate to the out-of-towners.

The first Milhouse!

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Foozle! (Super posi high school pop punk from Maryland)
Bike Tuff (You know em, you like em, you’ll like em acoustic too)
Dylan Lancaster (Locally, vocally, folklly)

So here’s the lineup for the first Milhouse show. We’re trying to get things started a little early because of it. Music around 7:30 or 8, but come early and hang out! See the new house and drink root beer! Respect the Milhouse! Come have fun!  If you don’t know the address, ask someone who does, or shoot an email to us at ditkalamazoo@gmail.com! Bring donation for the touring band. Rock on!