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Jeb Banner Vinyl & Me


I discovered music via my parents collection, as many kids do.

First up were Elvis and The Beatles. I played these records to death. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" was the most amazing thing my 7 year old mind could imagine- I couldn't understand how they made those amazing sound… Continue

Added by Jeb Banner on February 8, 2010 at 11:30pm — 6 Comments

Jeb Banner Ouch

that hurt, I wish that hadn't happened. Oh well it did. Nice going Saints. You won the game. Congrats. I was at my friends' house- Jake and Maggie- for the game. You? We looked good, for the most part. At least it was the Saints, right? Continue

Added by Jeb Banner on February 7, 2010 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments

Jeb Banner New Features in MFT Archive

Hey Gang, we've been hard at work tricking out the MFT Archive.

Here's some of new features you will notice when browsing the site. Thanks to Jordan Wilson at Small Box for making all these changes the past few days. There are more on the way and I may just update this blog as we go.

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Added by Jeb Banner on February 6, 2010 at 1:41pm — 13 Comments

Michael Eugene Henry Indiana Musical History and Review

First of all, Jeb asked me to start a blog of this type a couple days ago. Well, I already had one similar to it but no one, including myself, was posting.With all of the hullabaloo regarding New Orleans vs Indiana in sports; It was said by one Rachel Maddow that Indianapolis shouldn't try to compete with New Orleans musically after viewing music video's for both teams on her February 2nd show. I posted this fact on the Mix Tape blog soon after and then the peach cobbler hit the fan. There were… Continue

Added by Michael Eugene Henry on February 5, 2010 at 11:50pm — 20 Comments

Kooch Got my band a brand-spanking new website and it could have been free!

http://thegitmos.com/ is where you'll find it. I already owned the domain name, but other than the cost of that (15 bucks a year) and having wordpress use that address (10 bucks a year) it was all FREE. Free I say!
Jeb turned me on to bandcamp.com for the music streaming and downloads. Thanks, Jeb! It's a pretty cool service that lets you embed your music elsewhere and sell or give away downloads with no charge to the ban… Continue

Added by Kooch on February 4, 2010 at 10:41pm — 1 Comment

Dodge On My Momma : Colts Edition!

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Added by Dodge on February 4, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Andrews Feigenbaum Band of the Month - Accordions

Ben Bernthal of the band Accordions always greets me with a firm handshake and a smile, either at a show or at the Broad Ripple Bagel Deli where I run into him with some frequency. Usually Paul Cobb (who sometimes moonlights wit… Continue

Added by Andrews Feigenbaum on February 4, 2010 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Jeb Banner In Defense of Indianapolis

There has been some very articulate trash talking recently by New Orleans fans about the "cultural wasteland" of Indianapolis. I know it's mostly Super Bowl driven but I love this city and I think those looking in from the outside see a different reality than what I'm seeing day to day. This town is more than Corn and Colts. Indy is a surprising city. I moved here over 10 years ago (1998) with no real intentio… Continue

Added by Jeb Banner on February 4, 2010 at 12:00pm — 79 Comments

Daniel Fahrner JOOKABOX - Dead Zone RMXS

Audio Recon -Indy's own all-digital hip hop / experimental / jazz record label- recently lent some of its talented artists to Asthmatic Kitty for remixes of select songs from… Continue

Added by Daniel Fahrner on February 4, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Ed Fatalistic Funnies Included in Mega-Mini Comics Anthology

While I was an art student in Bloomington, I spent some of my time making mini-comix under the label, Fatalistic Funnies. Mini-comics were 8-page comic books (sometimes called 'newave' mini-comics) made from a single, double-sided 8.5x11 sheet, usually traded for other mini-comics in the mail (they fit perfectly in a regular envelope). The main place for finding out about them was in Factsheet 5, a zine which reviewed basically everything anyone sent it, and which was theref… Continue

Added by Ed on February 3, 2010 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

s.Jane Mills FAWM : February Album Writing Month

Sounds like a fun idea! I joined! February Album Writing Month The FAWM challenge is simple: 14 songs in 28 days. Why? Because... "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." — Jack London If you want to chase after inspiration, then FAWM is your club. Each February this website forges a collaborative community where thousands of musicians of all walks and skill levels attempt to write an album's worth of new music during the shortest month of the year. We "fawmers"… Continue

Added by s.Jane Mills on February 2, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Daniel Fahrner MFT Mixtape - Feb 2010

Here's an awesome new feature we've been planning on implementing for a long time. Introducing... The MFT Mixtape Series! Starting right....now! Every month we'll send an email to MFT users with a link to download an iTunes ready mixtape with 15 tracks including: Exclusive songs - can't get em anywhere else, even on MFT! Brand new songs by some of your favorite bands about to release albums ... and... *Jeb's picks - vintage MFT cuts picked by MFT's founder Pretty awesome right? Yup, w… Continue

Added by Daniel Fahrner on February 2, 2010 at 2:00pm — 46 Comments

Jeb Banner Thoughts on Print, Vinyl and Digital Mediums

The following is a post from my Small Box blog but I thought some of you here in music land would enjoy this as well.


It feels a little weird to write this blog. After all, I run a web company and I’m writing a blog- not an article for a newspap

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Added by Jeb Banner on February 1, 2010 at 1:30pm — 25 Comments

Spencer (Shecky) Sundell DJ David Letterman Prank Call on Ball State "Pirate" Radio, 1969

David Letterman, college photo
The ever-entertaining and seemingly bottomless Archive.org offers a rare 1969 recording of college twerp Dave Letterman's radio hijinks b… Continue

Added by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell on January 31, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Dave Lindquist Critics hail Indiana-based labels

In the annual Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll, critics love Indiana-based labels Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar and Asthmatic Kitty. Hoosier acts Magnolia Electric Co., Booker T. Jones, Michael Jackson, Lisa Germano, DM Stith, David Moore, Kevon Edmonds, the Elms, Zero Boys, Jennie DeVoe, the Gates of Slumber, Jookabox and Freddie Hubbard make the master list. Read more here. Continue

Added by Dave Lindquist on January 30, 2010 at 5:53am — 4 Comments

Jerry Hellmann IPAD - Seriously Apple? The Mother of all Slates or Just Another Monthly Visitor?

People of Earth - Just getting in from a little R&R (HUGE shout out to my boss Jeb on making that happen!) and of course anxious to get the lowdown on apples UNBELIEVABLY mysterious new product, which up until about 25 minutes ago I believed was actually going to the one piece of technology that I have been praying daily for since 1989...a hoverboard. No hoverboard announcements this week dudes, only announcements about a product that 20 years from now VH1's "I love the 2010's!" (or 10's,… Continue

Added by Jerry Hellmann on January 30, 2010 at 12:56am — 2 Comments

KAREN SHAVER Screaming Females

Hello Musical Family Tree Family, It's been ages! I would like to share an event I will be attending next Saturday in hopes that you Indy punk rock lovers will give me mass feed back so I can entice an amazing band from New Jersey to come to Indy to rock your socks off. If you haven't heard yet Screaming Females have been around for 2 or is it 3? Self produced LP's and will be releasing a full LP soon. I have had the privelidge of hearing some of their new stuff as I have been contributing my… Continue

Added by KAREN SHAVER on January 30, 2010 at 12:49am — No Comments

Jeb Banner Obama vs GOP

It's been a hell of a week for Barack Obama. Here's a video of his speech/Q&A at the GOP event. Badass. Skip to the Q&A if you want to see Ninjabama. What do you think? Is he doing well? What did you think of the State Of The Union? Thought it was time to mix a little politics in.

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Added by Jeb Banner on January 30, 2010 at 12:00am — 18 Comments

Daniel Fahrner Review (w/ Photos) - MOKB / LM Local Music Git Down

What an event. My Old Kentucky Blog and it's sister site, Laundro Matinee, had a vision: bring every local music organization under one roof to promote one event...and make that event absolutely epic. 14 bands, 6 DJ's, 25 organizations over the course of 14 hours. Not only were the bands playing live sets on stage at Local's Only, but there were also all recording live vide… Continue

Added by Daniel Fahrner on January 28, 2010 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Jeb Banner Colts Superbowl Song "Do It Again! (Go Colts! '10) by the MudKids!

The Colts are going to the Superbowl again! So the MudKids are back at it with a fresh track "Do It Again! (Go Colts '10) just like in 2007 when they took the city by storm with their "Go Blue (Rock and Roll)". The Colts ended up winning the Superbowl so let's not jinx them- here's the new track. Download, listen, spread it around! Also, check out the MudKids page fo… Continue

Added by Jeb Banner on January 25, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

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John P. Strohm commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
I need to write a blog totally marginalizing vinyl. I'll get to work on that ;) Seriously, good piece. I need to find my way back to vinyl - I need to convince my wife to let me set up the turntable in the living room again.
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Patrick Wire commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
My family still had 78's and a record player that would play 'em when I grew up in the '50's. My father had big band, Beethoven, country, all kind of things. My mother worked at the RCA plant that made records in Indianapolis, when she left to have…
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indyfitz commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
I've had a vinyl influence since I was alive. I am grateful my father had a record player and that he would actually use it. I think there is something unique in a medium that takes so much to slow down and truly appreciate it for what it's worth. W…
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Josh Bennett commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
loved this
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Jeb Banner commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
I know, I'm on some sort of nostalgia trip these days while running a Web agency. Everything balances out. That's kinda my point. As we go further into the digital realm we have the increased need for a tactile experience.
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Kurt/Yukki commented on Jeb Banner's blog post 'Vinyl & Me'
Jeb, what is it with you and outmoded technology? I kid, I kid!
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